[B-Greek] THS KLHRONOMIAS AUTOU
Wayne Leman
wayne_leman at sil.org
Tue Jul 25 17:36:49 EDT 2006
Thank you, Bryant. Yes, the English word "bequest" makes better sense to me
as a translation for KLHRONOMIA in Eph. 1:18.
Wayne
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Wayne Leman
Better Bibles Blog:
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> 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?
>>
>> Wayne
>> ----
>> Wayne Leman
>> Better Bibles Blog:
>> http://englishbibles.blogspot.com
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