[B-Greek] ANTILHYIS
Randall Buth
randallbuth at gmail.com
Wed Mar 29 06:14:28 EST 2006
ANTILHPSIS -
I like the phrasing of the question:
what would this "indicate to the Hellenistic or Koine user?"
We need more USERS,
as the bard said,
"look out kid, you're gonna get hit
--by ... 6-time users hanging around the theatres."
Notes on question are below.
> >"ANTILHYIS"
> >Can anyone provide some additional insight and or information
> >on ANTILHYIS;
> >as to what it indicates to the Hellenistic or Koine user.
> >BDAG has: helpful deeds. That's fairly general in meaning.
> >Does it, indeed, refer to "anything" that might be helpful in any
> >and every situation, or is it more specific in meaning ?
> >ANTILHYIS is only found in 1 Cor 12:28 btw.
> >
(Winbery)
> Louw & Nida present ANTILHYIS as refering to the ability to help or
> render service. That fits very well in the list of gifts in 1 Cor 12.
There is, in fact, quite a bit going on with this word.
Generically, it means a "holding-in-support-of [=support, defense],
reception in exchange."
One can see etymologically that the meaning of word has developed.
[from ANTI-in place of, because of; LHPSIS-reception.]
Consider some 1st c Jewish writings
Josephus IOUDAIKHS ARXAIOLOGIAS 18:4
KAI THS ELEUQERIAS EP ANTILHpSEI PARAKALOUNTES TO EQNOS 'even
encouraging the nation "to-get-instead" freedom.
Here ANTILHpSIS has the basic meaning 'getting, obtaining'. This
relates to the meaning "reception in exchange" mentioned above, and
close to its etymology.
Cf. Josephus IOUDAIKOU POLEMOU 4:165 :
KAI PAR OIS APOLWLEN H TWN EN XERSI PAQWN ANTILHpSIS?
"and with whom is lost the ANTILHpSIS of the sufferings in their hands."
Here in the speech rallying the people to revolt against the Zealots,
the word seems to have a contextual meaning
"(the responsibility) to help/correct/defend".
Cf. LXX where the verb ANTILAMBANESQAI takes on meanings like
'support, help' Ps 18:35 (LXX 17) sa`od, 1Chr22:7 `azor.
So, how do we become USERS? No easy answer.
--
Randall Buth, PhD
www.biblicalulpan.org
ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il
randallbuth at gmail.com
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