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

Arie Dirkzwager dirkzwager at pandora.be
Tue Apr 20 16:38:23 EDT 2004


My first thought was: a hebraism, for the Jews got a KLHROS after the
conquest of the land in the times of Joshua. That KLHROS had to remain with
the family; it could only temporarily be "sold" to another person. That
family could permanently use it as their source of finance, given by God.

So KLHRONOMEW *can* have the meaning "to get something as permanent
God-given base of existence". It is my experience that in the NT it often
has this meaning.

But ..... the word KLHRONOMEW had also a very common meaning. In a message I
got when I was writing this note, professor Conrad clarified that aspect of
the word.

So I think that you have to decide for yourself what the author of Heb meant
with it.


Arie


Dr. A. Dirkzwager
Hoeselt, Belgium
e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be

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


> 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?
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