[B-Greek] Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon

Douglas Clark doug at dougclarkcreative.com
Wed Jun 21 22:15:14 EDT 2006


Good evening Carl,

Thank you for responding to my question.  The author in question was hacked
to pieces by someone on a forum.  The "hacker" was so vicious that it was
hard for me to see from him the error of the interpretation.  I often wonder
if when we correct another if it might be more appropriate to do so in a
spirit of meekness and humility rather than to attempt to discredit the life
work of another.

Blessings,

Doug


On 6/21/06 9:58 PM, "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu> wrote:

> 
> On Jun 21, 2006, at 8:38 PM, Douglas Clark wrote:
> 
>> Can you tell me if the following statement from Luke 16 is correct?
>> 
>> "And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's
>> table: MOREOVER the DOGS came and licked his sores." The word is
>> MOREOVER,
>> and should be translated THE OTHER."
>> 
>> Luke 16:19-26...The rich man clothed in purple and fine linen is
>> typical of
>> the kings and priests of God -- Israel; while Lazarus (whom God aids)
>> represents the Gentiles. One clarifying point is found in verse 21;
>> that is,
>> when an obscure word is translated properly: "And desiring to be
>> fed with
>> the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: MOREOVER the DOGS
>> came and
>> licked his sores." The word is MOREOVER, and should be translated
>> THE OTHER.
>> When rendered properly a great deal of light breaks upon the
>> horizon of our
>> understanding. It would then read -- "THE OTHER DOGS licked his
>> sores."
>> (Thayer's Lexicon).
> 
> Text: ALLA KAI hOI KUNES ERCOMENOI EPELEICON TA hELKH AUTOU.
> 
> The word in question is ALLA, it is an adverbial conjunction normally
> conveyed in English by "but," "on the conrary," or "on the other
> hand." It can NOT function as an adjective qualifying KUNES (that
> would have to be ALLOI).
> 
> 
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
> 1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
> cwconrad2 at mac.com
> WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/
> 
> 
> 

Doug

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