[B-Greek] Heb 1:4...KEKLHRONOMHKEN ONOMA

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Apr 20 16:24:13 EDT 2004


At 6:28 PM +0000 4/20/04, <dhoxworth at charter.net> wrote:
>Heb 1:4 ...hOSW DIAFORWTERON PAR' AUTOUS KEKLHRONOMHKEN ONOMA
>
>is the phrase "inherit a name" a hebraism (semiticism) or something? what
>exactly does this mean to inherit a name?

It doesn't look like it. Have you checked a dictionary? BDAG gives as
secondary sense, "acquire, come into possession of"--and cites quite an
array of instances both Biblical and elsewhere in Greek. It's very similar
to a classical Attic usage of KTAOMAI used with things one wouldn't
ordinarily think of as "possessions" such as 'reputation,' 'blame,'
'praise.'
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Carl W. Conrad
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