[B-Greek] To Know

Eric Weiss papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 15 16:50:11 EDT 2005


OIDA and GINWSKW are two different words. OIDA is unusual in that it's a perfect-tense form, 
but is translated as a present. Speaking kind of off-the-cuff and without my lexical works, they 
are often used interchangeably, and one probably needs to study the context and the author's 
use of the terms before concluding that they have distinct meanings, either always or in certain 
passages. See, e.g., II Corinthians 5:16:
 
hWSTE hHMEIS APO TOU NUN OUDENA 
OIDAMEN 
KATA SARKA - EI KAI 
EGNWKAMEN 
KATA SARKA CRISTON, ALLA NUN OUKETI 
GINWSKOMEN
 
Are the uses of OIDA and GINWSKW really much different in meaning here?
 
Some of the same goes for GINWSKW and EPIGINWSKW. Though they are obviously more 
related etymologically than OIDA and GINWSKW, again one has to be careful before claiming 
that these two words have distinct meanings and usages, either always or in particular 
passages.
 
 
 


Eric S. Weiss


		
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