[B-Greek] BDAG - EPITIMAW

Vasile Stancu stancu at mail.dnttm.ro
Sun Jul 27 19:01:22 EDT 2008


I appreciate this way of searching for a final meaning of a word. Dictionaries/lexicons are very helpful indeed but sometimes they just "encourage" one to search beyond the limits they unavoidably have to have. Recently I found myself in a similar situation when reading in Acts 22:22,25:

... οὐ γὰρ καθῆκεν αὐτὸν ζῆν.
OU GAR KAQHKEN AUTON ZHN

or

... προέτειναν αὐτὸν τοῖς ἱμᾶσιν...
PROETEINAN AUTON TOIS IMASIN

Neither the small UBS dictionary nor the BDAG give enough meanings, I believe, for καθίημι ΚΑΘΙΗΜΙ and προτείνω ΠΡΟΤΕΙΝΩ so as to fit these these instances.

Vasile STANCU

-----Original Message-----
From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Carlton Winbery
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:58 AM
To: Carl Conrad
Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] BDAG - EPITIMAW

>On Jul 27, 2008, at 2:16 PM, Oun Kwon wrote:
>
>>  EPITIMAW
>>
>>
>>  I am briefly quoting from BDAG p. 384 (underlining is mine)
>>
>>
>>  (1) *to express strong disapproval of someone, rebuke, reprove, 
>>  censure **
>>  also speak seriously, warn in order to prevent an action or brig one 
>>  to an
>>  end** *
>>
>>  (2*) punish*
>>
>>
>>  I believe BDAG should have separted out the part underlined ( *also 
>>  speak
>>  seriously, warn in order to prevent an action or brig one to an 
>>  end** *) and
>>  lists examples (e.g. Lk 9:21) separated. 'Rebuke" and 'Warn' are 
>>  different
>>  enough to deserve to be treated separately.
>
>You may be thinking more in terms of the way English differentiates 
>these notions. My sense is that the fundamental sense of the Greek is 
>something like "speak judgmentally" -- a notion that is broader than 
>these various senses expressed in sensse (1) and also includes sense 
>(2).
>
>L&N have:
>33.331 ?¼É«É-É«É ?É÷ EPITIMAW b: to command, with the implication 
>of a threat - 'to command.'
>and
>33.419 ?¼É«É-É«É ?É÷ EPITIMAW  a: to express strong disapproval of 
>someone - 'to rebuke, to denounce.'
>
>
>Carl W. Conrad
>Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)

When I see EPITIMAW I always think of Mark 8 and the confession of 
Peter at Caesarea Philippi. When Peter confessed "SU EI hO CRISTOS," 
Jesus EPITIMHSEN  them that they should tell no one concerning him. 
When Jesus talked of the Son of Man suffering in Jerusalem, Peter 
began EPITIMAN him. Then Jesus turned, saw the disciples and 
EPITIMHSEN Peter with the words, "Get behind me Satan."

If I had only Mark's version, I would not think that Jesus was 
pleased with Peter's confession.

Carlton Winbery

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Carlton L. Winbery
Retired Professor of Religion
Louisiana College
318-448-6103
winberycl at earthlink.net
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