[B-Greek] use of SEBO and SEBOUSI

Sarah Madden sarah.r.madden at gmail.com
Sat Dec 15 10:04:53 EST 2007


Maybe Anita did not find all the instances of SEBW because she looked under
SEBW instead of SEBOMAI; in the NT it is deponent (SEBOMAI). Thanks, Carl,
for correcting her spelling in Matt 15:9 and Mark 7:7, -- it is SEBONTAI not
SEBONTE. However, shouldn't the word in Acts16:14 be SEBOMENH not SEBOME as
Anita had it -- and not SEBOMAI as Carl corrected it? NA27 does not list a
textual variant for another spelling.

Sarah Madden

On Dec 15, 2007 8:55 AM, George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I see that this got bounced for being over the limit in size so I will
> truncate some.
>
> I find six instances in the works of Philo.  Of these 3 are the inf, one
> is a pres part, and 2 are the form which seems to interest Jonathan.
>
> Decalogue § 78
>
> § 78     νυνὶ δὲ προσυπερβάλλον καὶ τῶν ἀνημέρων τὰ ἀγριώτατα καὶ
> ἀτιθασώτατα, λέοντας καὶ κροκοδείλους καὶ ἑρπετῶν τὴν ἰοβόλον ἀσπίδα,
> γεραίρουσιν ἱεροῖς καὶ τεμένεσι θυσίαις τε καὶ πανηγύρεσι καὶ πομπαῖς καὶ
> τοῖς παραπλησίοις· ἀφʼ ἑκατέρου γὰρ τῶν εἰς χρῆσιν δοθέντων ἀνθρώποις ὑπὸ
> θεοῦ, γῆς καὶ ὕδατος, διερευνησάμενοι τὰ ἀγριώτατα οὔτε τῶν χερσαίων λέοντος
> θηριωδέστερον ἀνεῦρον οὔτε κροκοδείλου τῶν ἐνύδρων ἀγριώτερον, ἃ σέβουσι καὶ
> τιμῶσι.
>
> Borgen, P., Fuglseth, K., & Skarsten, R. (2005). The Works of Philo :
> Greek Text with Morphology (Decal 78). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research
> Systems, Inc.
>
> § 78 NUNI DE PROSUPERBALLON KAI TWN ANHMERWN TA AGRIWTATA KAI ATIQASWTATA,
> LEONTAS KAI KROKODEILOUS KAI hERPETWN THN IOBOLON ASPIDA, GERAIOUSIN hIEROIS
> KAI TEMENESI QUSIAIS TE KAI PANHGURESI KAI POMPAIS KAI TAIS PARAPLHSIOIS;
> AF' hEKATEROU GAR TWN EIS XRHSIN DOQENTWN ANQRWPOIS hUPO QEOU, GHS KAI
> hUDATOS, DIEREUNHSAMENOI TA AGRIWTATA OUTE TWN XERSAIWN LEONTOS
> QHRIWDESTERON ANEURON OUTE KROKODEILOU TWN ENUDRWN AGRIWTERON, hA SEBOUSI
> KAI TIMWSI.
>
> On the Virtues § 34
> § 34     τῶν δὲ λεχθέντων σαφεστάτην πίστιν αἱ ἱεραὶ βίβλοι περιέχουσιν
> ἔθνος πολυανθρωπότατόν ἐστιν Ἄραβες, οἷς ὄνομα παλαιὸν ἦν Μαδιηναῖοι οὗτοι
> πρὸς Ἑβραίους φιλαπεχθημόνως ἔχοντες, οὐδενὸς ἕνεκα ἑτέρου μᾶλλον ἢ ὅτι τὸ
> ἀνωτάτω καὶ πρεσβύτατον αἴτιον σέβουσι καὶ τιμῶσι τῷ ποιητῇ καὶ πατρὶ τῶν
> ὅλων προσκεκληρωμένοι, καὶ πάσας μὲν μηχανὰς τεχνάζοντες, πάσας δὲ πείρας
> καθιέντες, ἵνα ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ ἑνὸς καὶ ὄντως ὄντος τιμῆς αὐτοὺς ἀποστήσωσι καὶ
> μεθαρμόσωνται πρὸς ἀσέβειαν ἐξ ὁσιότητος οὕτως
>  γὰρ περιέσεσθαι ῥᾳδίως ὑπελάμβανον ἐπειδὴ,, μυρία καὶ λέγοντες καὶ
> δρῶντες ἀπειρήκεσαν, ὥσπερ οἱ θανατῶντες ἐφʼ ὧν ἀπογνῶσι σωτηρίας, καί τι
> τοιοῦτον ἐπινοοῦσι στρατήγημα
>
> Borgen, P., Fuglseth, K., & Skarsten, R. (2005). The Works of Philo :
> Greek Text with Morphology (Virt 34). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research
> Systems, Inc.
>
> § 34 TWN DE LEXQENTWN SAFESTATHN PISTIN hAI hIERAI BIBLOI PERIEXOUSIN
> EQNOS POLUANQRWPOTATON ESTIN ARABES, hOIS ONOMA PALOION HN MADIHNAIOI hOUTOI
> PROS hEBRAIOUS FILAPEXQHMONWS EXONTES, OUDENOS hENEKA hETEROU MALLON H hOTI
> TO ANWTATW KAI PRESBUTATON AITION SEBOUSI KAI TIMWSI TWi POINTHi KAI PATRI
> TWN hOLWN PROSEKEKLHRWMENOI, KAI PASAS MEN MHXANAS TEXNAZONTES, PASAS DE
> PEIRAS KAQIENTES, hINA APO THS TOU hENOS KAI ONTWS ONTOS TIMHS AUTOUS
> APOSTHSWSI KAI MEQARMOSWNTAI PROS ASEBEIAN EC  hOSIOTHTOS hOUTOS PERIESESQAI
> hRAiDIWS hUPELAMBANON EPEIDH, MURIA KAI LEGONTES KAI DRWNTES APEIRHKESAN,
> hWSPER hOI QANATWNTES EF' hWN APOGNWSI SWTHRIAS, KAI TI TOIOUTON EPINOOUSI
> STRATHGHMA
>
>
> george
> gfsomsel
>
> Therefore, O faithful Christian, search for truth, hear truth,
> learn truth, love truth, speak the truth, hold the truth,
> defend the truth till death.
>
> - Jan Hus
> _________
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
> To: Anita Clerke <clerke at humanperformance.cc>
> Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 7:59:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] use of SEBO and SEBOUSI
>
>
> On Dec 15, 2007, at 6:07 AM, Anita Clerke wrote:
>
> > It seems that SEBOUSI (  σέβουσι )  is a word not found in New
> > Testament texts. However when searching perseus tufts' "Dictionary
> > head words" under SEBO (the basic uninflected form) I can find
> > several instances where inflections of it are used. Eg: Matthew 15:9,
> > Mark 7:7 (sebonte  [should be SEBONTAI] in both instances); Acts
> > 19:27 (sebomai); Acts
> > 16:14 (sebome [should be SEBOMAI]). None of the inflected forms of
> > sebo appear to be used
> > in relation to worshipping Jesus.
> >
> > Could someone please confirm that SEBOUSI, or inflected forms of
> > SEBO, are not used in the New Testament in relation to Jesus?
>
>
>
> It's noteworthy that every single instance shows the verb being used
> in the middle voice. BDAG seems to indicate that this is the more
> fundamental usage.
>
> > Could someone please indicate if SEBOUSI, or inflected forms of SEBO,
> > are used in relation to worshipping Jesus in early Christian writings
> > outside of the New Testament?
>
> I don't have a searchable Greek text of extra-biblical writings, but
> BDAG cites the Martyrdom of Polycarp:
> "Of the worship of Christ by the faithful MPol 17:2b; cp. vs. 2a."
> MPol 17:2b reads: ὅτι οὔτε τὸν Χριστόν ποτε
> καταλιπεῖν δυνησόμεθα, τὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς
> τοῦ παντὸς κόσμου τῶν σῳζομένων
> σωτηρίας παθόντα, ἄμωμον ὑπὲρ
> ἁμαρτωλῶν, οὔτε ἕτερόν τινα
> σέβεσθαι. [ ... hOTI OUTE TON CRISTON POTE KATALIPEIN
> DUNHSOMEQA, TON hUPER THS TOU PANTOS KOSMOU TWN SWiZOMEWN SWTHRIAS
> PAQONTA, AMWMON hUPER hAMARTWLWN, OUTE hETERON TINA SEBESQAI.]
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
>
>
>
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