[B-Greek] EMBRIMAOMAI

Hugh Donohoe Jr. justusjcmylord at yahoo.com
Sun Feb 10 21:28:10 EST 2008


Bert,

I don't have the resources you requested. I'm visiting
family, so I'm away from home and my library. But here
is an excerpt from Robertson's Word Pictures. The
source is old, but Robertson was such an excellent
scholar, I still find it an edifying read. He cites
the information I was going to give you from the LXX
and Classical Greek for the EMBRIMAOMAI.


Joh 11:33 - When Jesus therefore saw her weeping
(Iêsous oun hôs eiden autên klaiousan). Proleptic
position of "Jesus," "Jesus therefore when he saw."
She was weeping at the feet of Jesus, not at the tomb.
And the Jews also weeping (kai tous Ioudaious
klaiontas). Mary's weeping was genuine, that of the
Jews was partly perfunctory and professional and
probably actual "wailing" as the verb klaiô can mean.
Klaiô is joined with alalazô in Mr 5:38, with ololuzô
in Jas 5:1, with thorubeô in Mr 5:39, with pentheô in
Mr 16:10. It was an incongruous combination. He
groaned in the spirit (enebrimêsato tôi pneumati).
First aorist middle indicative of embrimaomai, old
verb (from en, and brimê, strength) to snort with
anger like a horse. It occurs in the LXX (Da 11:30)
for violent displeasure. The notion of indignation is
present in the other examples of the word in the N.T.
(Mr 1:43; 14:5; Mt 9:30). So it seems best to see that
sense here and in verse 38. The presence of these
Jews, the grief of Mary, Christ's own concern, the
problem of the raising of Lazarus--all greatly
agitated the spirit of Jesus (locative case tôi
pneumati). He struggled for self-control. Was troubled
(etaraxen heauton). First aorist active indicative of
tarassô, old verb to disturb, to agitate, with the
reflexive pronoun, "he agitated himself" (not passive
voice, not middle). "His sympathy with the weeping
sister and the wailing crowd caused this deep emotion"
(Dods). Some indignation at the loud wailing would
only add to the agitation of Jesus. 
  

Bert wrote:

Maybe I can put a bit finer point on it.
John 11:33 says IHSOUS OUN hWS EIDEN AUTHN KLAIOUSAN
KAI TOUS
SUNELQONTAS AUTHi IOUDAIOUS KLAIONTAS, ENEBRIMHSATA
TWi PNEUMATI KAI
ETARACEN
and John 11:38 IHSOUS OUN PALIN EMBRIMWMENOS EN
hEAUTWi
Do these verses indicate an angry frustrated sort of
troubled heart
caused by Jesus seeing the damage,death, caused by his
enemy, or are
these verses saying in different words what it says in
verse 35:
EDAKRUSEN hO IHSOUS?

Bert de Haan.




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