[B-Greek] hEWS AN--"While" (Heb. 1:13)?

Charlie c.arnoldjr at worldnet.att.net
Thu May 10 14:20:25 EDT 2007


Shouldn't we consider the entire context of this Psalm 110 before changing
this one word hEWS AN? Here the LORD (God the Father) tells the Son "Sit
until". Then in vs 2 when the enemies of the Lord have been subdued hEWS AN
becomes important, for the LORD (God the father) will say "rule in the midst
of Your enemies". And finally, according to verses 5-7, it is made clear
that the Lord (the Son) remains at the Father's right hand, and
eschatologically judges the nations, etc.

C. Arnold
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Subject: [B-Greek] hEWS AN--"While" (Heb. 1:13)?


> KAQOU EK DEXIWN MOU hEWS AN QW TOUS ECQROUS SOU UPOPODION TWN PODWN SOU
>
> I was about to render Heb. 1:13 (quoting Ps. Ps. 109:1 LXX [=110:1
English])
> similarly to the way I've seen it in many English translations:
>
> Sit on my right, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.
>
> But then I read Lattimore's rendering, and it got me thinking.
>
> Sit on my right, so that I may make your enemies a footstool for your feet
>
> I started thinking that we don't say "until", but "while", to convey what
I
> suspect the statement might be getting at:
>
> Sit on my right, while I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.
>
> Does anyone want to demonstrate that hEWS AN always has to mean "until",
in
> the sense that most English speakers would get from it, that carries the
> implication that the "sitting on the right" comes to an end when God's
> making footstools of the enemies comes to an end? BAGD lists the sense
> "while" for hEWS (def. 2: see Mk 14:32; Lk. 17:8), but, apart from those
> instances of hEWS AN that come from this LXX quotation (6/19) and that in
> Mt. 12:20, the NT instances all clearly mean "until".
>
> Webb Mealy
>
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