[B-Greek] PEIRAZOMENOUS

Eddie Van Gent vangent at xtra.co.nz
Fri Jun 18 15:12:30 EDT 2004


Greetings,

I am attempting to extract the meaning of the continuous passive participle
and surrounding verb forms packed into Hebrews 2:18.

EN  hW  FAR  PEPONQEN  AUTOS  PEIRASQEIS
                           perfect 3s                  ptc aor pass nms
for in that he has Himself suffered being tempted


DUNATAI   TOIS   PEIRAZOMENOUS   BOHQHSAI
pres/continuous  ptc continuous pass     aor inf

He is able to come to the aid of the ones undergoing temptation

I currently see that PEIRAZOMENOUS expresses something that takes place
continuously
BOHQHSAI being aorist focuses on the aspect of aid
PEPONQEN that the experience of suffering has not been forgotten
PEIRASQEIS- I am uncertain of how the aorist aspect is related to the time
of PEPONTHEN
DUNATAI - I am uncertain what the present tense modifies.

Any ideas?

Eddie Van Gent
New Zealand




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