[B-Greek] On Thayer and BDAG

Jeffrey B. Gibson jgibson000 at comcast.net
Thu Jul 17 23:55:29 EDT 2008


Mark Lightman wrote:
> Mike,
>> This notion that a definition is better than a gloss because it uses more
> than one word strikes me as�not self-evident.� BDAG gives one defintion of 
> KEPHALH as "the part of the body that contains the brain."� I
> prefer Thayer's gloss: "head."� If you can get the point across better
> with one word, why use more than one?� 

Perhaps because Danker knows -- as you do as well -- that "head" is not 
an adequate translation of KEFALH when KEFALH is being used with 
reference to a Pater Familias or the source of a river, etc.

Jeffrey

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