[B-Greek] Another silly question about the gospel that bears Mark's name

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Fri May 20 06:11:47 EDT 2005


On Thu, 19 May 2005 21:42:12 EDT JEvans1007 at aol.com writes:
> In the Textus Receptus the first word of the second verse of the 
> first 
> chapter of Mark is  hWS .  In the UBS version I have the word is 
> KAQWS.  They are 
> both translated as 'as.'  
> 
> I seem to remember reading or someone telling me that KAQWS was lot 
> more 
> intense in its meaning.  They both were to use to draw a comparison 
> but KAQWS was 
> a much stronger comparison almost to the point of identification 
> with.
> 
> Is any of that true or do just mean the same thing?
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Here is where Louwe & Nida come in handy.  Under semantic domain 64
"Comparison" it has 

 
64.12 hWS(a); hWSEI(a): relatively weak markers of a relationship between
events or states—‘as, like.’
hWS(a): hHMERA KURIOU hWS KLEPTHS EN NUKTI hOUTWS ERXETAI ‘the day of the
Lord comes like a thief in the night’ 1 Th 5.2; GENHQHTW SOI hWS QELEIS
‘may it happen to you as you wish’ Mt 15.28; TI ETI K'AGW hWS hAMARTWLOS
KRINOMAI? ‘why then am I still judged as a sinner?’ Ro 3.7.
hWSEI(a) : EIDEN TO PNEUMA TOU QEOU KATABAINON hWSEI PERISTERAN ‘he saw
the Spirit of God come down as a dove’ Mt 3.16; KAI EGENETO hWSEI NEKROS
‘and he became as dead’ Mk 9.26.
AND
 
64.14 KAQA; KAQWS(c); KAQO(a): markers of similarity in events and
states, with the possible implication of something being in accordance
with something else—‘just as, in comparison to.’
KAQA: KAQA SYNETACEN MOI KURIOS ‘just as the Lord had ordered me’ Mt
27.10.
KAQWS(c) : KAQWS GAR EGENETO IWNAS TOIS NINEUITAIS SHMEION ‘for just as
Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites’ Lk 11.30; KAWWS HGAPHSEN ME hO
PATHR ‘the same way as the Father loved me’ Jn 15.9.
KAQO(a) : TI PROSEUCWMEQA KAQO DEI OUK OIDAMEN ‘we do not know what we
should pray for as we ought to’ Ro 8.26.
Carl has Denniston's work on particles so perhaps he could be persuaded
to impart some wisdom.

george
gfsomsel
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