[B-Greek] Heb. xi.1 Gk vs. Syr

Operimentum at cs.com Operimentum at cs.com
Fri Apr 6 12:35:45 EDT 2007


Grammatici,
Bauer-Gingrich-Danker (2nd ed.) reports of hypostasis in Heb. xi.1 that "the 
sense 'confidence,' 'assurance' must be eliminated, since examples of it 
cannot be found."  However, I note that the Great Scott offers inter al. 
confidence, courage, resolution, steadiness (of soldiers).  Lampe adduces examples of 
the same word referring to martyrs' courage.  Syriac renders hypostasis as 
pyasa, for which Smith's Compendious yields inter al. persuasion, conviction, 
assurance, confidence, supplication, explanation, answer, argument, reasoning, 
view, moderation.  My question then is how is B-G-D's comment to be understood, 
that "examples of it cannot be found"?  I must be missing something.

Thanks, 
Dan Monroe
Marshfield High School
Coos Bay, OR
operimentum at cs.com   



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