[B-Greek] GAMEW

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Oct 17 14:53:23 EDT 2004


At 11:33 AM -0700 10/17/04, Danny Andre' Dixon wrote:
>It is possible that this has been asked before, but I've been away from
>the list for a while, so I'll ask. Please point me to past posts that
>answer this specific lexical question if it already has been given.
>
>Is there anything inherent in the Greek word GAMEW which requires the
>understanding of the joining of a male and a female in a committed
>relationship, or does GAMEW simply mean "to join in marriage" with no
>reference to who is taking the step.

I think you'd be hard-put to find a Biblical text in which the noun GAMOS
and the verb GAMEW are used in a context that involves anything other than
a relationship between a man and a woman, but the verbs GAMEW and GAMIZW
are both  used in Biblical Greek with either a man or a woman as the
subject (older Greek tended to use GAMEW of the man, GAMOUMAI of the woman).
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Carl W. Conrad
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