[B-Greek] 1 Timothy 5:8

B. Ward Powers bwpowers at optusnet.com.au
Fri Jan 16 02:00:17 EST 2004


At 05:07 PM 040116, mrt wrote:
>dbielby at bloomingtonvineyard.org   Pastor David Bielby writes:
>
>Hi Pastor David,
>
>I take TWN IDIWN as referring to their own relatives and then what precedes
>is a more narrow focus: and especially/most of all those members of his
>household (MALISTA OIKEIWN).
>
>So relatives (broad category) to ----> immediate family
>
>Now to answer your question, both TWN IDIWN (one's own [relatives]) and
>OIKEIWN (household) just generally refer to the relatives and family members
>whether male or female.  So it can mean grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle,
>daughter, son etc.  The masculinity of these words is simply agreeing with
>TIS (anyone).
>
>Michael Tarver
>Oregon, USA
><'\\><  laus Deo



Yes, sort of. But TIS is not masculine gender. It is personal gender - both 
masculine and feminine.

However, this fact reinforces Michael's point, that

>"both TWN IDIWN (one's own [relatives]) and
>OIKEIWN (household) just generally refer to the relatives and family members
>whether male or female."


Agreed.

Ward Powers



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