[B-Greek] monogenhV and monadikoV

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 20 01:56:57 EDT 2007


You might take a look at Plato's Timaeus 31b and 92c

http://tinyurl.com/2k4rne 

http://tinyurl.com/2nwxdk 
 
george
gfsomsel
 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Martin Williamson <martwill at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 12:25:13 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] monogenhV and monadikoV


I wonder if any of you learned gentlemen could help me please. It is to do with monogenhV 'monogenhV’ (John 1:18, 3:16 etc).



Over the last few days I have searched the B-Greek archives and discovered a great deal about this word (so I do not wish to resurrect a general discussion on the meaning of it etc) but I cannot seem to find the answer to my question.



That is, does anyone know if this word was normally used OUTSIDE of Scripture with reference to anything other than child or child/parent relationship etc? I say this because all uses of this word in the NT are to do with the latter.



To put this in another way; would the Greek speaking/writing people of the pre-Christ era (or just after) think it unusual to use 'monogenhV’ with reference to ‘things’ or was it common practise to do so? I say this because I have heard it suggested that monadikoV  ‘monadikoV’ for ‘only one of its kind’ (unique) was used as far as individual things were concerned. I wondered why the two different words and their differences (different usages etc). Can anyone help?



I hope this question is in keeping with the scope of this forum. If not, does anyone know where I can find the answer?



Thanks



Martin Williamson
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