FW: [B-Greek] ANHR and ANQRWPOS

Michel Mix 12mix at xs4all.nl
Sat Apr 10 20:12:59 EDT 2004


Maybe I might add a little question to the one of Bert.

In 1 Cor 13:11 ANHR is used as distinct from a boy or infant. The New
English Translation (NET) (and few other translations) translates ANHR as
'adult' and comments in her footnote: "The Greek term translated “adult”
here is ajnhvr (anhr), a term which ordinarily refers to males, husbands,
etc. In this context Paul contrasts the states of childhood and adulthood,
so the term has been translated “adult”; cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 1.b."

To me 'man' seems too exclusive. In these days 'when I became a man' (out of
the context) might be understood as a genderchange > he was a woman? But
'adult' seems too exclusive too, ANHR is always used for man. Isn't 'adult
man' preferable?


Michel Mix
'Unborn Greek'
The Netherlands




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