[B-Greek] THS KLHRONOMIAS AUTOU

Bryant J. Williams III bjwvmw at com-pair.net
Tue Jul 25 16:19:32 EDT 2006


Dear Wayne,

With the death of the testator any thing given to someone else is called "a
bequest." The phrase in some of the legal terminology may have changed since,
but it usually said, "I bequeath to..." Thus, as Hebrews 9:13ff refers to the
death of the testator for a testament to be invoked. It would also give the idea
"receive an inheritance."

En Xristwi,

Rev. Bryant J. Williams III
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Leman" <wayne_leman at sil.org>
To: "Biblical Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:59 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] THS KLHRONOMIAS AUTOU


> The phrase THS KLHRONOMIAS AUTOU in Eph. 1:18 is translated as "his
> inheritance" in the more word-for-word English versions. But my
> understanding of the *English* word "inheritance" is that it refers to
> something that a person inherits not what someone bequests to another. If
> the referent of AUTOU is God, then is God the receiver of an inheritance or
> is he the giver of it? If it is the latter, should not an English word
> different from "inheritance" be used to translate KLHRONOMIAS, a word that
> would indicate what the giver of an inheritance gives?
>
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