[B-Greek] Do you FERW things and AGW people?

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sat Aug 15 16:10:48 EDT 2009


On Aug 15, 2009, at 12:42 PM, Mark Lightman wrote:

> I read recently, I forget where, that in general FERW refers to
> things, and AGW to people.  I forget where animals fit in, I
> think with AGW.
>
> My question is, does this distinction hold up in the NT?

In a word, no

Matt. 21:7 ἤγαγον τὴν ὄνον καὶ τὸν πῶλον  
[HGAGON THN ONON KAI TON PWLON]

Acts 5:16 συνήρχετο δὲ καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν  
πέριξ πόλεων Ἰερουσαλὴμ φέροντες  
ἀσθενεῖς καὶ ὀχλουμένους ὑπὸ  
πνευμάτων ἀκαθάρτων, οἵτινες  
ἐθεραπεύοντο ἅπαντες. [SUNHRCETO DE KAI TO PLHQOS  
TWN PERIX POLEWN IEROUSALHM FERONTES ASQENEIS KAI OCLOUMENOUS hUPO  
PNEUMATWN AKAQARTWN, hOITINES EQERAPEUONTO hAPANTES.]

BDAG:

φέρω [FERW] (Hom.+) impf. ἔφερον; fut. οἴσω J 21:18;  
Rv 21:26; 1 aor. ἤνεγκα, ptc. ἐνέγκας; 2 aor. inf.  
ἐνεγκεῖν (B-D-F §81, 2); pf. ἐνήνοχα (LXX, JosAs).  
Pass.: 1 aor. ἠνέχθην 2 Pt 1:17, 21a, 3 pl.  
ἐνέχθησαν Hs 8, 2, 1.
	2. to cause an entity to move from one position to another, w. focus  
on the presentation or effecting of someth.
	b. a living being, animal or human, lead, bring
	α. animals (TestAbr A 2 p. 79, 8 [Stone p. 6] ἵππους; ibid. B  
2 p. 106, 21 [Stone p. 60] μόσχον) Mk 11:2, 7 (πρός  
τινα); Lk 15:23; Ac 14:13 (ἐπὶ τ. πυλῶνας); GJs 4:3.
	β. people: bring or lead τινά someone ἀσθενεῖς Ac  
5:16. κακούργους GPt 4:10. τινὰ ἐπὶ κλίνης  
(Jos., Ant. 17, 197) Lk 5:18. τινά τινι someone to someone Mt  
17:17 (w. ὧδε); Mk 7:32; 8:22. Also τινὰ πρός τινα Mk  
1:32; 2:3; 9:17, 19f. φέρουσιν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸν  
Γολγοθᾶν τόπον 15:22 (TestAbr A 11 p. 88, 27 [Stone p.  
24] ἐπὶ τὴν ἀνατολήν). ἄλλος οἴσει  
(σε) ὅπου οὐ θέλεις J 21:18.

ἄγω [AGW] fut. ἄξω; 2 aor. ἤγαγον; also 3 pl.  
ἤγαγαν (GJs 10:1); ἠγάγοσαν LXX; pf. ἀγήοχα  
LXX. Pass.: impf. ἠγόμην; 1 fut. ἀχθήσομαι; 1 aor.  
ἤχθην; pf. 3 sg. ἦκται Is 23:1. See the pres. act. impv.  
ἄγε as a separate entry (Hom.+).
	1. to direct the movement of an object from one position to another
	a. lead, bring, lead off, lead away w. acc. τὴν ὄνον καὶ  
τὸν πῶλον Mt 21:7



Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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