[B-Greek] luke 11:28, please
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Sep 16 17:46:51 EDT 2009
On Sep 16, 2009, at 5:24 PM, Mihai Marius wrote:
> Hello,
> My name is Marius Mihai and I`m from Romania. I have study three
> bibles: protestant, orthodox versus greek. Now, my study has stoped
> because the word "menoun" from the verset 28 on the 11 chapter of
> Luke gospels. So, please help me: :menoun" is "rather" or "in-deed",
> in english?
Text:
Luke 11:28 αὐτὸς δὲ εἶπεν· μενοῦν
μακάριοι οἱ ἀκούοντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ
θεοῦ καὶ φυλάσσοντες.
[AUTOS DE EIPEN· MENOUN MAKARIOI hOI AKOUONTES TON LOGON TOU QEOU KAI
FULASSONTES.]
BDAG:
μενοῦν (also μὲν οὖν [MEN OUN) Lk 11:28 (for negative s.
οὐ μὲν οὖν [OU MEN OUN]) and μενοῦνγε (also
μενοῦν γε), particles used esp. in answers, to emphasize or
correct (B-D-F §450, 4; Rob. 1151f), even—contrary to earlier Gk.
usage—at the beginning of a clause (Phryn. 342 Lob. [322 R.]) rather,
on the contrary (Soph., Aj. 1363; Pla., Crito 44b; X., Cyr. 8, 3, 37)
Lk 11:28 v.l. Indeed Ro 10:18. ἀλλὰ μενοῦνγε [ALLA
MENOUNGE] more than that Phil 3:8. μενοῦνγε σὺ τίς
εἶ . . . [MENOUNGE SU TIS EI ... ]; on the contrary, who are
you . . . ? (or, who in the world are you to [take issue with God]?)
Ro 9:20.—M-M.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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