[B-Greek] Re: Acts 4:18

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Nov 15 08:44:59 EST 2004


Although the message below was addressed to me, it seems obvious that it
was intended for the entire B-Greek list.

From: "Peter Clark" <peter_clark47 at hotmail.com>
To: cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Subject: Re: Acts 4:18
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:22:25 +0000

Hello everyone! Excuse my faulty transliteration but I've just rejoined
after a gap of 3 years! In Acts 4:18 Luke uses KAQOLOU MH where KAQOLOU is a
hapax, meaning the phrase to stand for "not at all" but recognizing the root
I am puzzled as to how it became more widely used for "universal" since its
only NT use was a negative one. Was there a Latin borrowing?

Peter Clark

Text: KAI KALESANTES AUTOUS PARHGGEILAN TO KAQOLOU MH FQEGGESQAI MHDE
DIDASKEIN EPI TWi ONOMATI TOU IHSOU.

KAQOLOU may be a hapax in the GNT but it is a common enough Hellenistic
Greek adverb, actually originally a compoud of KAQ' hOLOU (= KATA hOLOU)
meaning "on the whole" or "generally"); the adverb is itself the source
whence is derived the adjective KAQOLIKOS/H/ON "universal" which, although
it also doesn't appear in the GNT, is a common Hellenistic Greek word
whence derives the English "catholic" and "Catholic."

Peter, as a new subscriber, please review the BG FAQ which I'll be sending
to you separately, noting the transliteration scheme we normally use, our
parameters of list-discussion, and our rule regrding use of a full-name
signature in all messages sent to the list.
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
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