[B-Greek] Mark 2:19 DUNAMAI
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Thu Dec 22 08:27:01 EST 2005
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:55:54 -0800 (PST) Mitch Larramore
<mitchlarramore at yahoo.com> writes:
> KAI EIPEN AUTOIS hO IHSOUS, MH DUNANTAI hOI hUIOI TOU
> NUMFWNOS EN hWi hO NUMFIOS MET AUTWN ESTIN NHSTEUEIN;
> hOSON CRONON EXOUSIN TON NUMFION MET AUTWN OU
> DUNANTAI NHSTEUEIN.
>
> My default gloss is "able" for DUNAMAI but it seems
> awkward in English here. Doesn't seem like Jesus is
> saying the disciple are not "able" to fast, but
> something different. When others see DUNAMAI, what
> glosses come to your mind in contexts as these?
>
>
> Mitch Larramore
> Sugar Land, Texas
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LSJ has a meaning "bear to do a thing" which I think would be appropriate
here.
2. of moral possibility, to be able, dare, ** bear to do a thing **,
mostly with neg.?, OUTE TELEUTHN POIHSAI DUNATIA Od.?1.250; SE .. OU
DUNAMAI PROLIPEIN 13.331, cf.? S.?Ant.?455; OUKETI EDUNATO EN TWi
KAQESTWTI TROPWi BIOTEUEIN Th.?1.130; OUDE SQENEIN TOSOUTON WiOMHN TA SA
KHRUGMAQ' hWSTE .. QEWN NOMMA DUNASQAI .. hUPERDRAMEIN S.?Ant.?455.
Liddell, H. G., Scott, R., Jones, H. S., & McKenzie, R. (1996). A
Greek-English lexicon. "With a revised supplement, 1996." (Rev. and augm.
throughout) (452). Oxford; New York: Clarendon Press; Oxford University
Press.
george
gfsomsel
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