[B-Greek] re.. Oikos or Oikia

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Mar 22 09:38:37 EST 2004


At 8:01 AM -0600 3/22/04, Jeffrey B. Gibson wrote:
>Paul Evans wrote:
>
>> B-Greekers,
>>
>>
>>
>> What is it I am missing in Mark 1:29.  TEN OIKIAN?  I thought OIKOS was
>> 2nd declension masculine!  I see that OIKIA can be used as an adjective.
>> I guess this is a substantive of some sort, but why is the feminine used
>> when obviously they are going into the house of Simon and Andrew?  In
>> Mark 2:1 I see what I would expect, EN OIKW.  I don’t really understand
>> why the difference is made.
>>
>>
>
>Simple explanation:  Mark likes to use diminutives.  Have a look at his use
>of words for "boat".

With all respect, OIKIA is not a diminutive (diminutive nouns are most
commonly neuters in -ION, although there are some other diminutive endings
also); OIKIA and OIKOS are two words from the same root that are not
significantly different in meaning from each other. You might check Louw &
Nida §§ 7.2, 7.3.
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