[B-Greek] cousin?

Nikolaos Adamou nikolaos.adamou at hotmail.com
Thu Mar 27 12:49:13 EDT 2008




In Greece, and in Greek, relationships follow the
Roman order, where vertical relationships play an important role.

ἀνεψιὸς is nephew.

But in English may also
be cousin.

In English, the son of a brother / sister is a
nephew, same as in Roma/ Greek

In English, the “son of a
cousin” is cousin, but in Roman/Greek it is a nephew.

In English the dominant
factor is the “cousin” relationship.  “Cousins”
are used for both cousins as well as nephews.

Similar as with the terms
“in law” which in general terms includes all relationships due to a marriage, a
legal relationship.

In Greek there is a
specific term for each one of the specific relationship.



Nikolaos Adamou, Ph.D.                               ἀναπλ. καθ. Νικόλαος 'ΑδάμουAssociate Professor of Business Management                Διοίκηση  Ἐπιχειρήσεων
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> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:28:51 -0700
> From: gfsomsel at yahoo.com
> To: wmhboyd at aol.com; B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] cousin?
> 
> Ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ συναιχμάλωτός μου καὶ Μᾶρκος ὁ ἀνεψιὸς Βαρναβᾶ (περὶ οὗ ἐλάβετε ἐντολάς, ἐὰν ἔλθῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς, δέξασθε αὐτόν) 
> 
> 
> ASPAZETAI hUMAS ARISTARXOS hO SUNAIXMALWTOS MOU KAI MARKOS hO ANEYIOS BARNABA (PERI hOU ELABETE ENTOLAS, EAN ELQHi PROS hUMAS DECASQE AUTON.
>  
> As to why newer translators "call this 'cousin'", it's because that is the meaning of the term.  I'm not sure which "older translators" you might reference since the AV and ASV render this as "sister's son" (i.e "cousin") and "cousin" respectively.  You might refer to Tyndale or the Geneva Bible or some other older translation, but I rather doubt that.  LSJ gives ἀδελφιδέος [ADELFIDEOS] or ἀδελφιδεύς [ADELFIDEUS] and ἑξάδελφος [ECADELFOS] for "nephew."
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> george
> gfsomsel
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "wmhboyd at aol.com" <wmhboyd at aol.com>
> To: B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 3:47:27 PM
> Subject: [B-Greek] cousin?
> 
> 
> ANEYIOS - Col.3:10
> Why did the older translators call this "nephew" and the newer 
> translators call this "cousin?"
> Was some use of this word in another document clarify the meaning?
> 
> William (the Barbarian) Boyd
> Greensboro, NC
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