[B-Greek] TO PLOUTOS THS hAPLOTHTOS AUTWN (2 Cor. 8:2) - A Semitism?

Webb webb at selftest.net
Tue Jan 30 21:36:17 EST 2007


TO PLOUTOS THS hAPLOTHTOS AUTWN (2 Cor. 8:2)

I'm uneasy with the surmise that hAPLOTHS means "generosity" simply because
the context seems to suggest it here (2 Cor. 8:2; cf. 9:11, 13). If it does
mean, as elsewhere, wholeheartedness, is it possible that it is PLOUTOS that
connotes generosity, and that this collocation is a Semitism along the lines
of TO PNEUMA THS hAGIWSUNHS (the Spirit of Holiness, i.e. the Holy Spirit)?
In other words, could the expression mean, "their wholehearted generosity"?

 

Webb Mealy




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