[B-Greek] GAMEW

ann nyland nyland at tsn.cc
Sun Oct 17 15:38:21 EDT 2004


I'd add that the word does not require a "committed relationship" at all, it
is used of adulterers and people having a one-night stand. It doesn't refer
to marriage alone.
Regards,
Ann Nyland

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
To: <dad2004 at dannydixon.com>
Cc: "Danny Andre' Dixon" <bereandad2003 at yahoo.com>;
<b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 4:53 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] GAMEW


> 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).
> -- 
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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