[B-Greek] HKW - perfect with present meaning

Blue Meeksbay bluemeeksbay at yahoo.com
Fri Dec 11 14:24:06 EST 2009


Yes, I checked again, it says "perfect," abbreviated pf. — I will try to write it out, (although I do not know how I would transliterate Hebrew, so I will spell out the letters).
 
“HKW, [in LXX chiefly for "aleph, vav, bet";] pf. with pres. meaning (hence impf.=plpf.), to have come, be present: Mt. 24:50, Mk 8:3 (late pf., HKA, v. Swete, in 1.: WH, App., 169), Lk 12:46, 15:27, Jn. 8:42, He 10:7,9,27, I Jo 5:20 etc.”
 
I stopped there, and did not quote the rest. WH is his abbreviation for Westcott and Hort, I am not sure what App., 169 is, but it is in italics. The quote is on page 198 of the Third edition, reprinted in 1968, T & T Clark, Edinburgh)
 
Regards,
B.Harris



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From: Carl W. Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
To: Blue Meeksbay <bluemeeksbay at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 10:54:47 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] HKW - perfect with present meaning


On Friday, December 11, 2009, at 01:42PM, "Blue Meeksbay" <bluemeeksbay at yahoo.com> wrote:
>Forgive my ignorance, but any idea why Abbott-Smith would say concerning HKW "perfect with present meaning (hence imperfect= pluperfect)"

I dunno. Are you sure it doesn't say, "present with perfect meaning"? If not, that's what it should say.
hHKW has a counterpart in ERRW or ERREI (I don't think I've ever seen it in the first person).
hHKEI = "he/she/it has arrived" ERREI "he/she/it is gone."

C. W. Conrad



      


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