[B-Greek] Greek terms for "bad"

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Mon Jan 30 20:12:57 EST 2006


This is where Louw & Nida have really done the spade work; look at  
their category §88 Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior:

Outline of Subdomains

A Goodness (88.1–88.11)
B Just, Righteous (88.12–88.23)
C Holy, Pure (88.24–88.35)
D Perfect, Perfection (88.36–88.38)
E Honesty, Sincerity (88.39–88.45)
F Modesty, Propriety (88.46–88.50)
G Humility (88.51–88.58)
H Gentleness, Mildness (88.59–88.65)
I Kindness, Harshness (88.66–88.74)
J Mercy, Merciless (88.75–88.82)
K Self-Control, Lack of Self-Control (88.83–88.92)
L Sensible Behavior, Senseless Behavior (88.93–88.99)
M Mature Behavior (88.100–88.101)
N Peaceful Behavior (88.102–88.104)
O Bad, Evil, Harmful, Damaging (88.105–88.125)
P Treat Badly (88.126–88.134)
Q Act Harshly (88.135–88.138)
R Act Lawlessly (88.139–88.143)
S Exploit (88.144–88.148)
T Act Shamefully (88.149–88.151)
U Mislead, Lead Astray, Deceive (88.152–88.159)
V Envy, Jealousy (88.160–88.166)
W Resentful, Hold a Grudge Against (88.167–88.170)
X Anger, Be Indignant With (88.171–88.191)
Y Despise, Scorn, Contempt (88.192–88.197)
Z Hate, Hateful (88.198–88.205)
A’ Arrogance, Haughtiness, Pride (88.206–88.222)
B’ Stubbornness (88.223–88.226)
C’ Hypocrisy, Pretense (88.227–88.237)
D’ Show Favoritism, Prejudice (88.238–88.242)
E’ Being a Busybody (88.243–88.245)
F’ Laziness, Idleness (88.246–88.251)
G’ Extravagant Living, Intemperate Living (88.252–88.255)
H’ Impurity (88.256–88.261)
I’ Licentiousness, Perversion (88.262–88.270)
J’ Sexual Misbehavior (88.271–88.282)
K’ Drunkenness (88.283–88.288)
L’ Sin, Wrongdoing, Guilt (88.289–88.318)

On Jan 30, 2006, at 3:40 PM, Jeffrey B. Gibson wrote:

> For reasons somewhat unknown to me, I have been given the  
> assignment to
> write the article on "Bad, to be"  for the _New Interpreter's  
> Dictionary
> of the Bible_.  When I asked for clarification on what exactly it was
> that the editors wanted me to discuss within this article,  I received
> the following:
>
>
>> I would advise you to start with occurrences of "bad"
>> from the NRSV concordance and discuss how the term is used while
>> listing examples from the text. If there are various Hebrew and Greek
>> terms that have been translated as "bad," you could spend time
>> explaining the nuances. After a quick glance through, I see that  
>> "bad"
>> is often paired with "good" in moral sayings, so you might decide to
>> treat it rhetorically.
>
> So if I understand the above correctly, I am being asked to write not
> just on what the biblical writers thought a **person's** "being bad"
> involved, but on  what the Greek and Hebrew terms translated with  
> "bad"
> signified.
>
> So what are these Greek (and Hebrew) terms?  And what do people here
> think they convey?
>
> Yours,
>
> Jeffrey
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Carl W. Conrad
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