[B-Greek] Translation/Defintion of Porneia
Harry Jones
hjbluebird2002 at yahoo.com
Wed Nov 15 10:37:02 EST 2006
Hello Ann,
Shouldn't the definition(I have a problem with glosses,ie, the context can accept different definitions) of PORNEIA be based on it meaning in NT times?
Best Regards,
Harry Jones
Ann Nyland <nyland at tsn.cc> wrote:
It also refers to idolatry. "Fornication" can mean different things in our
society of our times - these days, it is often taken to include living
together without marriage, but in NT times, living together was legal
marriage, and the translation of PORNEIA is more problematical as it refers
also to idolatry, and prostitution, and often the two were linked. Jewish,
Greek and Roman marriage customs in 1st century Palestine were nothing like
marriage customs in USA, UK or Australia today, and that needs to be taken
into account when considering "marriage" along with word meaning in the N.T.
Ann Nyland
----- Original Message -----
From: "George F Somsel"
To: "JCG" ;
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Translation/Defintion of Porneia
> PORNEIA refers to any type of sexual impropriety either before or after
> marriage. I suggest that you should get a copy of BDAG which is Bauer,
> Danker, Arndt & Gingrich _A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and
> Other Early Christian Literature_. This is a virtually indispensible tool
> (after the GNT itself) for the study of the New Testament.
>
> george
> gfsomsel
> _________
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>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: JCG
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 6:59:23 PM
> Subject: [B-Greek] Translation/Defintion of Porneia
>
>
> Dear Group,
> I'm new here and thanks for allowing me to join. I have a somewhat simple
> question. I've been studying a bit on the word porneia and wanted to know
> if
> fornication is an accurate translation or would "harlotry" or "whoredom"
> be better suited for porneia?
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