[B-Greek] Greek Word Construction

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Nov 5 11:30:16 EST 2007


On Nov 5, 2007, at 9:44 AM, David Perry wrote:

>     Greetings ... this is a copy of the request letter I sent Oct.  
> 31 ... the response I got back said basically that responses had  
> been suspended indefinitely ... As you might imagine with a thesis  
> coming due I cannot wait indefinitely, I have exhausted many sites  
> and listings ... none of them answer my question .. my only  
> perceived recourse is to email all of you in the hopes a few might  
> respond with the answer or place where I might find the answer  
> specific to the question I seek.
>
>   Thank you in advance for your understanding, compassion and  
> consideration in this matter

You ask for understanding, compassion and consideration, but unless I  
totally misunderstand the questions you are posing, you are  
attempting a paper for which you are wholly unequipped without some  
basic foundation in Biblical Greek. While members of this list can  
give assistance to beginning Greek students in the course of their  
progress through introductory textbooks, I think it's a bit much to  
ask them to perform an assignment that requires a basic knowledge of  
Biblical Greek which you evidently don't have. It looks like a word- 
study based on a Strong's number Greek word key to a KJV translation.  
At the end of this message, you say, "… what can I know of the word  
construct prefix/body/suffix ... or any other point I remain un-savvy  
to be able to ask (?)" For my part, I'm not sure what you CAN know:  
the information about prefix/body/suffix is all there in the material  
you cite, but you don't know enough Greek to be able to make sense of  
it. I don't mean to be cruel, but if you really want to do this  
project, you really need to learn Greek.

>
>
>   Greetings ...  and let me Thank You in advance ... I joined B- 
> Greek for many reasons ... one that caused me to actually seek what  
> can be known is this particular question (below) of potentially  
> research defining interest
>
>                I am writing a paper for a theology degree ... I  
> found you from a google search ...  I wonder if you might be kind  
> enough to enlighten me as to what is known or can be learned by the  
> Greek word construct ... in particular of the choices of the Greek  
> words below listed (and/or not if you can supply them) that can be  
> translated to our English 'add or added'.
>               What I can see initially is there seems to be 2  
> classes of word types ... those that start with 'pro' and those  
> that start with 'epi' .
>
>
>   prostithemi (Gal.3:19) from what I have been able to find seems  
> to be of the same class of words that have given us the English  
> word ‘prosthesis’ the proof I found at
>
>   http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prosthesis ... Greek,  
> addition, from prostithenai, prosthe-, to add : pros-, pros- +  
> tithenai, to put; prosthesis "addition," from prostithenai "add  
> to," from pros "to" + tithenai  "to put, place."
>
>   Greek add … listed in the NT
>
>   Gal.3:19
>   4369.  prostiyhmi  prostithemi,  pros-tith'-ay-mee
>   Search for 4369 in KJV
>
>
>   from 4314 and 5087; to place additionally, i.e. lay beside,  
> annex, repeat:--add, again, give more, increase, lay unto, proceed  
> further, speak to any more.
>
>
>   See Greek 4314 (pros)
>   See Greek 5087 (tithemi)
>
>   Gal.3:15
>   1928.  epidiatassomai  epidiatassomai,  ep-ee-dee-ah-tas'-som-ahee
>   Search for 1928 in KJV
>
>
>   middle voice from 1909 and 1299; to appoint besides, i.e.  
> supplement (as a codicil):--add to.
>
>
>   See Greek 1909 (epi)
>   See Greek 1299 (diatasso)
>
>   Gal.2:6
>   4323.  prosana-tiyhmi  prosanatithemi,  pros-an-at-ith'-ay-mee
>   Search for 4323 in KJV
>
>
>   from 4314 and 394; to lay up in addition, i.e. (middle voice and  
> figuratively) to impart or (by implication) to consult:--in  
> conference add, confer.
>
>
>   See Greek 4314 (pros)
>   See Greek 394 (anatithemi)
>
>
>   Phllpns 1:16
>   2018.  epiferw  epiphero,  ep-ee-fer'-o
>   Search for 2018 in KJV
>
>
>   from 1909 and 5342; to bear upon (or further), i.e. adduce  
> (personally or judicially (accuse, inflict)), superinduce:--add,  
> bring (against), take.
>
>
>   See Greek 1909 (epi)
>   See Greek 5342 (phero)
>
>   2 Pt. 1:5
>   2023.  epicorhgew  epichoregeo,  ep-ee-khor-ayg-eh'-o
>   Search for 2023 in KJV
>
>
>   from 1909 and 5524; to furnish besides, i.e. fully supply,  
> (figuratively) aid or contribute:--add, minister (nourishment, unto).
>
>
>   See Greek 1909 (epi)
>   See Greek 5524 (choregeo)
>
>   Rev.22:18
>   2007.  epitiyhmi  epitithemi,  ep-ee-tith'-ay-mee
>   Search for 2007 in KJV
>
>
>   from 1909 and 5087; to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense):-- 
> add unto, lade, lay upon, put (up) on, set on (up), + surname, X  
> wound.
>
>
>   See Greek 1909 (epi)
>   See Greek 5087 (tithemi)
>
>
>          Again ... what can I know of the word construct prefix/ 
> body/suffix ... or any other point I remain un-savvy to be able to  
> ask ... Thank You so very much ... David Perry
>
>
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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Ret)




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