[B-Greek] 1 John 2:20

Sean Kelly seank at microsoft.com
Fri Feb 22 12:56:58 EST 2008


>I find it hard to conceive of any half-way respectable lexicon that
>would not include this usage. EVEN that perhaps-most-readily-
>accessed-and-generally-useless glossary of Barclay Newman about
>which I have vented ad nauseam ... Of course beginners need help,
>beginning students of Biblical Greek no less than kids learning to
>ride a bicycle. But training wheels and an older person's supporting
>hands have to give way if one is ever to go forward with
>self-sustained and steady momentum ... Nor is it enough to acquire and
>own a good lexicon; one needs to STUDY the entries for words...

I must confess that the only lexicon I have can be found in the back of
my Strong's Concordance. I imagine you might have equally glowing things
to say about it as it generally tends to be very terse giving a two or
three word definition and then a list of the ways it was translated in
the NASB. How I would love to have a lexicon that would discuss the nuances
that various case endings might bring to a noun or what weight the Present
Active Subjunctive form adds to a particular verb. Or how context might
lead to greater meaning, such as how Vine's describes the deeper meaning
of ηκουσας in 2Tim2:2 because Timothy was to παραθου them to faithful men.
TMI does not apply to Scripture as far as I am concerned. So all that said,
as a man whose opinion on the matter I value greatly, is there a lexicon
you would recommend?

Sean Kelly



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