[B-Greek] Two troublesome words in Polycarp
Harold R. Holmyard III
hholmyard at ont.com
Thu Apr 1 18:10:45 EST 2004
Dear Carl,
>What's your dictionary? BDAG gives ONLY "disobey" for APEIQEW, which is a
>denominative verb from the adjective APEIQHS, which is glossed by BDAG as
>"disobedient." Both verb and adjective should be thought of as dependent, I
>think, upon the verb PEIQOMAI which may mean "believe" in the sense of 'put
>one's confidence in an assertion' but "obey" in the sense of 'demonstrate
>one's trust in (a person).'
HH: The older edition, BAGD gives "disbelieve" as a most probable
meaning in a number of passages. If Danker dropped it from BDAG, I
tend to think it was a mistaken judgment to do so.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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