[B-Greek] hUPOSTASIS Hebrews 3:14

Michael Abernathy michaelabernat9001 at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jan 10 18:17:16 EST 2008


Jeffrey,
Maybe my understanding of language isn't up to par but it seems to me 
that you are asking for a grammatical reason for choosing a specific 
lexical meaning. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that the role of context?
Now, I suppose I could have done a propositional analysis to narrow down 
the meaning of this one word but I'm not certain how grammar is going to 
lead to a conclusion. A grammatical analysis, such as diagramming the 
sentence would tell me how each word in the sentence relates to the 
others but that wouldn't reveal the author's intent.
Now, I don't deny the possibility of translating this phrase, τὴν ἀρχὴν 
τη̂ς ὑποστάσεως  THN ARCHN THS hUPOSTASEWS
 as "the beginning of confidence," but I noted TDNT's comments on 
hUPOSTATIS which emphasizes the translation "reality." I really don't 
see much difference between "the beginning of reality" and "the 
beginning of existence."

Sincerely,
Michael Abernathy
Jeffrey B. Gibson wrote:
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> Why?  What grammatical, not lexical,  justification could you offer in support of this idea?
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