[B-Greek] Was SKUBALON a swear/vulgar word?
Doug Hoxworth
doughoxworth at yahoo.com
Sun May 22 22:28:37 EDT 2005
><Jim>
>When Paul said his former life was "dog castings"
what did he mean?
<doug>
but doesn't this word have a much wider semantic range
than "dog castings"?
><Jim>
>Personally, I think Paul was a bit wicked.
<doug>
this may be true, but it is a bit speculative. also, i
wonder whether the word was used elsewhere as a vulgar
terms or if there is evidence that it was so used.
><Jim>
>Thus, its not too difficult for me to read "dog crap"
where others would read "refuse". Translation is art
as much as it is science. To forget that is to
consistently mis-translate.
<doug>
i understand that is how you personally feel paul may
have meant it, but i want to know specifically if this
word was used in such a way in koine greek. if paul is
using a vulgar term here, was this the common usage or
just paul's? does anyone know beyond speculation? i
know this is a hapax, but is there any attested usage
outside of the NT corpus? thanks.
Doug Hoxworth
Luther Rice Seminary
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