[B-Greek] SPOUDAZW and ORQOTOMEW IN 2 TIM 2:15

robert newman rob at designceramics.co.uk
Mon Jun 21 14:15:37 EDT 2004


This is my first post,
 
ORQOTOMEW is used in LXX at Prov 11:5 for Heb j-sh-r.
 
At 1 Tim 2:15 Pauls use of ERGATHN "workman" instead of "teacher"
suggests a metaphor.
 
The NKJV Interlinear footnote say's 'the emphasis is on the idea of
"staight" and not "cutting".'
 
ORQOTOMEW has been pictured in many ways, laying out a new road -
driving a plough - carpenter - stonemason - or even Paul's cutting his
rough camel hair cloth for tent making.
I like schonfield here "having kept to the straight line with the
Message of Truth"
 
Hope this is an helpful contribution.
Robert Newman
Essex England



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