[B-Greek] Words for "Command" in 1 Timothy
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Aug 27 05:43:48 EDT 2007
On Aug 27, 2007, at 4:12 AM, Charles Clayton wrote:
> I was just reading 1 Timothy and noticed several different words
> that have
> the idea of command. I spent some time looking at BDAG and LN but
> I was not
> able to determine if there was any significant difference between
> the words.
> So my question would be did Paul intended for us to see a different
> connotation or meaning in these three words?
>
> EPITAGHN (1:1)
> PARAGGELIAN (1:18)
> ENTOLHN (6:14)
The words in question are not really in immediately adjacent
contexts. My guess is that they are (very) roughly equivalent to
English "order" (EPITAGHN),"direction, instruction" (PARAGGELIAN),
and "charge" (ENTOLHN). I doubt that there's any significant
difference intended in these word-choices.
> PS - I used Zhubert's translit option - so I hope it worked out
> properly.
Worked out fine.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Ret)
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