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

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Apr 20 19:09:41 EDT 2004


At 11:01 PM +0000 4/20/04, <dhoxworth at charter.net> wrote:
>><Carl>
>>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.'
>
><doug>
>i looked up KLHRONOMEW on LSJ. though it's not the word KLHRONOMEW but the
>phrase "KEKLHRONOMHKEN ONOMA" that i am wondering about. this doesn't
>sound like a normal concept or way of speaking (i.e., to say someone
>inherits a name).

What's wrong with "acquire a title"--comparable to a Brit who has earned
distinction gaining a knighthood? I would think that the usage of
KEKLHONOMHKEN ONOMA in Heb 1:4 is not so very far removed from the idea in
Phil 2:9-11: DIO KAI hO QEOS AUTON hUPERUYWSEN KAI ECARISATO AUTWi TO ONOMA
TO hUPER PAN ONOMA, hINA EN TWi ONOMATI IHSOU PAN GONU KAMYHi EPOURANIWN
KAI EPIGEIWN KAI KATACQONIWN KAI PASA GLWSSA EXOMOLOHSHTAI hOTI KURIOS
IHSOUS CRISTOS EIS DOXAN QEOU PATROS.
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Carl W. Conrad
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