[B-Greek] Heb 2,1
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Apr 27 14:11:55 EDT 2004
At 10:47 AM -0700 4/27/04, Eddie Mishoe wrote:
>DIA TOUTO DEI PERISSOTERWS hHMAS PROSECEIN TOIS
>AKOUSQEISI MH POTE PARARRUWMEN
>
>Some translate AKOUSQEISI as "the things we have been
>TAUGHT"
>
>What is the justification of this? I am trying to
>understand if it is legitimate to TRANSLATE it this
>way; since it seems true that the things they HEARD
>were the things they were TAUGHT, but the author here
>doesn't used DIDASKW. Is there a grammatical principle
>that allows this nuance or sense?
BDAG s.v. AKOUW gives "3. to receive news or information about something.,
learn about something." Certainly the context makes quite clear that if
"what we have heard" is something we need to give our fullest attention in
order to be secure, then "what we have heard" is something more than casual
gossip. Whether or not this is relevant, I don't know, but older Greek used
the term AKROATHS "listener" for one who attends lectures by a
master, thus making it equivalent to MAQHTHS. AKROAOMAI is a synonym for
AKOUW.
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Carl W. Conrad
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