[B-Greek] ERXOMAI = return

Jeffrey B. Gibson jgibson000 at comcast.net
Tue Jan 1 11:38:50 EST 2008


In his entry in BDAG on ERXOMAI Danker notes that besides having the
meaning "come", it was also used   "Hom.+"  (from Homer forward)
"w[ith] the specif[ic]. m[eani]ng 'come back, return'".


     Also w. the specif. mng. come back, return (Hom.+; Bar 4:37; 1
     Esdr 5:8; Tob 2:3 BA) J 4:27; 9:7; Ro 9:9)

Curiously, though, when I turn to LSJ, I find nothing there that
indicates that Homer, let alone any post Homeric author,  used ERXOMAI
to signify the "specific" meaning" that Danker says it bore.

Is Danker wrong in this matter?  Or are there Homeric and post Homeric
instances outside of the ones he actually cites of ERXOMAI meaning
"return"?

If so, what are they?

Yours,

Jeffrey
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