[B-Greek] kataluma

Mark Lightman lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 29 21:56:23 EST 2009


Bill asked:
 
<Why are 2:7 and 10:34 translated as inn from different
Greek words but 2:7 and 22:11 translated differently
from the same Greek words?>
 
Hi, Bill,
 
Because this is the way translation works.  You can
nurse a baby and you can nurse a drink.  I would think
QHLAZW would work for one but not the other. 


Mark L
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FWSFOROS MARKOS

--- On Tue, 12/29/09, Bill Yates <bill.yates4 at btinternet.com> wrote:


From: Bill Yates <bill.yates4 at btinternet.com>
Subject: [B-Greek] kataluma
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 1:36 PM


    In Luke 2:7 we have kataluma translated as 'inn.  In 22:11 it is translated as 'upper room'.    

Can anyone suggest why this word would be translated in such different ways?   In 10:34 he uses PANDOXEION which is translated as 'inn'.   

Surely, the original author would not have intended this difference  in meaning in his original text.    

Did this discrepancy arise from St Jerome's Latin translation or is some other explanation more plausible.   

Why are 2:7 and 10:34 translated as inn from different Greek words but 2:7 and 22:11 translated differently from the same Greek words?
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