[B-Greek] meaning of DAIMONIZOMENOS
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed May 5 09:47:23 EDT 2004
At 11:01 PM +1000 5/5/04, Morgan Powell wrote:
>In verses such as matthew 4:24, 8:16,28,33 and others, the participle
>DAIMONIZOMENOS is usually translated as demon-possessed (or sometimes
>demoniac as in NASB). Is there any justification for translating the word
>as demon-possessed. Could not the word best be defined as demonized.
I think that "demon-possessed" is more accurate in terms of what was meant
when the word was used in Greek. "demonize" in English has more the
sense--at least the primary sense--of "turn into a demon"--vilify so as to
destroy a person's reputation; although in its secondary sense(s)
"demonize" may come closer to the sense of the Greek verb DAIMONIZW and the
participle in question, I think that "demonized" is likely to be misleading
when used to translate the Greek word in the GNT.
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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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