[B-Greek] Philippians 2:16 (correction)

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Sat Jan 17 03:41:52 EST 2004


> Dear friends,
>
> Concerning Philippians 2:16 the participle EPEXONTES
> can be translated as either ‘hold onto’ or ‘hold out.’
> Which meaning do you think Paul intended?

In which contexts can it be understood as "hold out"? Any examples?

In 4 of its 5 NT occurrences, it can be translated by "(keenly) observe". In
the fifth it means "to stay". (I suppose the underlying concept is fixing
something - e.g. one's eyes or life - on something.)
>
> Could it be a legitimate totality transfer (if there
> is such a thing)?

Their is no such thing.

Iver Larsen




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