[B-Greek] Phil 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize.

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sun Jun 10 15:47:05 EDT 2007


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κατὰ σκοπὸν διώκω εἰς τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ. 
KATA SKOPON DIWKW EIS TO BRABEION THS ANW KLHSEW TOU QEOU EN XRISTWi IHSOU
 
βραβεῖον, ου, τό [BRABEION, OU, TO] (s. βραβεύω [BRABEUW]; Menand., Monost. 124 J.=653 Meineke [IV p. 359]; Ps.-Oppian, Cyn. 4, 197; Vett. Val. 174, 21; 288, 8; ins: Étude Delphiques [BCH Suppl. IV] ’77, 103–21, line 40 [III b.c.]; IPriene 118, 3 [I b.c.]; CIG 3674, 15 al. [Nägeli 37, 3]; horoscope in PPrinc 75, 13; PGM 4, 664) ‘prize’, but ἆθλον [AQLON] and νικητήριον [NIKHTHRION] are more common in Gk. lit. an award for exceptional performance, prize, award
ⓐ of competition in the games, the prim. sense 1 Cor 9:24
ⓑ of moral/spiritual performance, fig. ext. of a (cp. Herm. Wr. 18, 10; GrBar 12:6; Philo, Praem. 6; SibOr 2, 149) of the award of victory of Christians β. τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως [B. THS ANW KLHSEWS] the prize that is the object of (and can only be attained in connection with) the upward call Phil 3:14; (w. στέφανος [STEFANOS]) β. ἀναντίρρητον [B. ANANTIRRHTON] incontestable prize MPol 17:1. Gener. reward ὑπομονῆς β. [hUPOMONHS B.] reward for endurance 1 Cl 5:5 (cp. Menand., loc. cit. β. ἀρετῆς [B. ARETHS]).—AEhrhardt, An Unknown Orphic-Writing … and St. Paul, ZNW 48, ’57, 101–10.—DELG s.v. βραβεύς [BRABEUS]. M-M (add. reff. APapathomas, NTS 43, ’97, 234 n. 48). New Docs 2, 78f. TW.

Arndt, W., Danker, F. W., & Bauer, W. (2000). A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature. "Based on Walter Bauer's Griechisch-deutsches Wr̲terbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments und der frhchristlichen [sic] Literatur, sixth edition, ed. Kurt Aland and Barbara Aland, with Viktor Reichmann and on previous English editions by W.F. Arndt, F.W. Gingrich, and F.W. Danker." (3rd ed.) (183). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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For β. [B.] = “prize,” as in 1 Cor 9:24, Phil 3:14, see Priene 1188 (i/b.c.) τοῖς νικήσασιν ὡς] ἀσφαλέστατα πρὸς πάντα τὸν χρόνον γενηθῆναι τὰ βραβ[εῖα [TOIS NIKHSASIN hWS]] ASFALESTATA PROS PANTA TON XRONON GENHQHNAI TA BRAB[[EIA], CIG 3674 (a.d. 166) τιμηθεὶς χρυσείῳ βραβείῳ [TIMHQEIS XRUSEIWi BRABEIWi]. The word is used by Vettius Valens p. 17421 κἀκείνοις τὸ βραβεῖον ἀπονέμειν [KA'KEINOIS TO BRABEION APONEMEIN], and similarly p. 2888. [An instance of βραβεια [BRABEIA] appears in BGU IV. 1027xxvii. 18 (iv/a.d.) in a fragmentary context; but Wilcken’s revision, Chrest. I. p. 502, shows that the word is βρέβεια [BRABEIA] = brevia.] Nägeli, p. 37, cites Menander and late poets, with some inscrr. of ii/iii a.d., and the Paris Zauberpapyrus 662.

Moulton, J. H., & Milligan, G. (1930). The vocabulary of the Greek Testament. Issued also in eight parts, 1914-1929. (116). London: Hodder and Stoughton.

The word is BRABEION and can signify either the prize which is to be won or the wand which is used in a relay according to LSJ.  I think the standard translation is about as literal as you are likely to be able to achieve.

george
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Phil.3:14
I press toward the mark for the prize.

Would there be a more literal translation of this verse and where is 
brabeus used in literature outside of the bible?
Also would the paragraph below be a correct assessment?
The word prize is derived from brabeus, the judge at a public game who 
assigns the prize. Brabeuo, to preside at the games, occurs in 
Colossians 3:15 where it is translated "rule" and katabrabeuo also found 
in Colossians (2:18), means "to defraud or deprive of a prize, to so 
manage affairs that the umpire shall pronounce against the contestant". 
In Colossians the thought is not so much that of being cheated of the 
reward, but of failing to attain unto the required standard. The 
atmosphere of 1 Corinthians 9:24 and of Philippians 3:14 is that of the 
arena, and the race course. The "prize" and "crown" are related, as 
genus and species.


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