[B-Greek] DIGNWMWN in Didache 2:4

Harold R. Holmyard III hholmyard at ont.com
Mon Feb 23 23:14:33 EST 2004


Dear James,

>The text is Didache 2:4
>OUK ESHi DIGNWMWN OUDE DIGLOWSSOS. PAGIS GAR THANATOU hH DIGLOSSIA.
>
>Can one translate DIGNWMWN as double faced, or poker faced. I'm trying to
>find out whether an idiom in my own language (having a double face) can be
>used to translate this word?

HH: It's interesting that the word DIGLWSSOS, in the same verse, which is
translated "double-tongued, deceitful" in LSJ, has a meaning like
double-faced, or two-faced. In the dictionary, a synonym given for
"double-tongued" is "two-faced." The idea is being hypocritical or
deceitful, "making contrary declarations on the same subject."

				Yours,
			                Harold Holmyard






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