[B-Greek] Antonyms?

Arie Dirkzwager dirkzwager at pandora.be
Sat Jan 3 11:53:59 EST 2004


In Luke 6: 20 you find only "poor". The Hebrew word 'anaw, probably the
origin of PTWCOS, has different meanings: poor in money and poor (humble) in
the spirit.
I think Matthew or his translator wanted to be precise and added "TWi
PNEUMATI" in order to exclude the meaning poor (in money).

Isaiah 61: 1, the first verse of a passage with similar thoughts as Mt 5:
3ff. the plural of 'anaw can be found.

Arie

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

----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: "Troels Hansen" <tkmh at get2net.dk>
Aan: "B-Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Verzonden: zaterdag 3 januari 2004 17:20
Onderwerp: [B-Greek] Antonyms?


Aarhus, Denmark, January 3. 2004





Dear fellow-B-greekers!



I have always wanted to know who the 'poor in spirit' (Matt 5:3) really
were. So I ask you if there is any chance that 'PTWCOS TW PNEUMATI' and
'KRATAIOW PNEUAMATI' (Luk 1:80) might somehow be antonyms?



A happy new year to you all!

Troels Hansen
tkmh at get2net.dk

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