[B-Greek] m/p participles in Colosians
Doug Hoxworth
dhoxworth at charter.net
Thu Oct 23 18:26:55 EDT 2003
><John>
>My question: In these participles (KARPOFOROUMENON, AUJANOMENON, AUJANOMENOI) is there any difference between the meaning of the present and the meaning of the middle? Or are they thought to be passive? Thank you for your time.
<doug>
honestly i don't know whether it should be middle or
passive. and if it is middle whether the meaning is
essentially active (i.e., deponent). but i'll add a few
comments.
perhaps since they appear to be agricultural terms that
they have a sort of passive element to them. things bear
fruit and increase because of the conditions. the level of
fruitbearing and increase is somewhat subject to and
dependent environments. so this may lend to a sort of
passive element though it is not as though something else
does the bearing and increasing through the vegetation
(e.g., the tree is the one which bears the fruit and
increases though it does this because of the soil, water,
sun, fertilizing, etc.). i don't know if that helps but
those are my comments.
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