[B-Greek] 1 Tim 3:4 What does dignity go with?

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Sun Dec 4 07:43:48 EST 2005


On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:08:47 -0500 Mike Sangrey
<MSangrey at BlueFeltHat.org> writes:
> 1 Tim 3:4
>         t???a ????ta ?? ?p?ta?? µet? 
> p?s?? seµ??t?t??
> 
>         TEKNA ECONTA EN hUPOTAGHi META PASHS SEMNOTHTOS
> 
> To what does the META prepositional phrase connect?
> 
> Is it describing the children and therefore the children are to be
> submissive and supportive of the EPISKOPH and do so in a dignified 
> and
> highly respectful manner?
> 
> Or, is it describing the EPISKOPH who is to maintain the children in 
> a
> submissive and supportive role and to do so in a dignified manner.  
> That
> is, the potential EPISKOPH doesn't throw hissie-fits to get the 
> children
> under control.
> 
> It seems to me that the word SEMNOTHS doesn't appear to make a lot 
> of
> sense to apply to children.  The use of PAS makes that possibility 
> even
> more odd.  I mention this since I think this somewhat exegetical
> question really boils down to a lexical semantic one.  And that's 
> where
> I'd like the help (unless someone sees a different pathway to a
> solution).
> 
> Thanks ahead of time for your (collective) help!
> 
> -- 
> Mike Sangrey                               (msangrey AT 
> BlueFeltHat.org)
> Exegetitor.blogspot.com
> Landisburg, Pa.
>                         "The first one last wins."
>             "A net of highly cohesive details reveals the truth."
> 
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TOU IDIOU OIKOU KALWS PROISTAMENON, TEKNA EXONTA EN hUPOTAGHi, META PASHS
SEMNOTHTOS

My inclination is to construe META PASHS SEMNOTHTOS with PROISTAMENON
taking TEKNA EXONTA EN hUPOTAGHi as a parethetical expression (as, in
fact, the editors seem to have understood it).  He is thus to "manage his
own household well with all dignity, having his children obedient."

george
gfsomsel
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