[B-Greek] Other Idioms

Mike Sangrey MSangrey at BlueFeltHat.org
Sat Feb 25 15:30:18 EST 2006


On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 14:15 -0600, Richard Lindeman wrote:
> Acts 1:15-16  KAI EN TAIS HMERAIS TAUTAIS ANASTAS PETROS EN MESW TWN
> MAQHTWN EIPEN HN TE OXLOS ONOMATWN EPI TO AUTO HWSEI HKATON EIKOSI
> ANDRES ADELFOI 
> 
> Thirdly, ANDRES ADELFOI “Men and brothers”.  Two plural vocatives used
> in apposition seems to be a common form of address used by Paul when
> he is speaking to a group of listeners. I know that I have seen
> various other expressions similarly formulated by Paul.  Is this
> unique to Paul or is this a very common way of addressing a crowd
> formally?    

I've wondered whether this was the Greek way of saying something like,
"Respected comrades..."  I've always thought there was a connotation of
'respect' in the word ANHR.

Any thoughts?

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