[B-Greek] POIEW as appoint" Septuagintal?
James Tauber
jtauber at jtauber.com
Tue May 23 19:42:55 EDT 2006
A lexicon glossing it as "to make" doesn't really help us because, in
English, "to make" can itself mean "to appoint, install".
This is a good example of the deficiency of glosses in general.
James Tauber
On 23/05/2006, at 6:05 PM, Revdpickrel at wmconnect.com wrote:
> In a message dated 5/23/2006 4:14:02 PM Central Daylight Time,
> hholmyard at ont.com writes:
>
>
>> In a couple of places the NT uses POIEW as "appoint, install." LSJ
>> gives
>> this meaning for POIEW but only offers a NT example (Mark 3:14)
>> and an
>> LXX example (1 Kgs 12:6), no extra-biblical example. The 1 Kings
>> reference is incorrect in LSJ. Genesis 41:34 would seem to be a valid
>> LXX use of POIEW as "appoint." Another NT example is Heb 3:2,
>> which was
>> a verse used by the Arians. Has anyone noticed POIEW meaning
>> "appoint"
>> or "install" in non-biblical literature? I cannot find the usage as
>> "appoint, install" described in BAGD under POIEW.
>>
>> Yours,
>> Harold Holmyard
>
> Hi Harold,
>
> I have a copy of "Sophocles GREEK LEXICON of the Roman and
> Byzantine periods
> (from B.C. 146 to A.D. 1100), it renders POIEW #1. to make, #2. to
> make a
> feast, #6. to do, #8. to cause, to effect,
>
> Doug.
> Rev. Doug Pickrel, Litt.D.
> Tejas Valley
> San Antonio, Texas
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