[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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Mike Sangrey (msangrey AT BlueFeltHat.org)
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