[B-Greek] anq wn = since
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 9 12:37:32 EDT 2011
As with most words in any language, there is not ONE equivalent word in another
language else we would be able to simply program our computers to do a little
substitution for us and have a translation of any writing -- wait, that's been
tried. Have you ever checked a machine translation of some documents on the
internet? They can be quite humorous and even meaningless. This is no doubt
due to the phenomenon I mentioned first that there is no one equivalent for a
particular word in any language.
In the case of ἀνθʼ ὧν ANQ' hWN which you raise, there are a number of uses
for ἁ̓ντί ANTI which you would be well advised to examine. <Rant>In fact, I
would recommend that you sell your first-born child and buy a copy of BDAG
(Bauer, Arndt, Gingrich and Danker _A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament
and Other Early Christian Literature_). ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE for there is no
substitute.</rant> BDAG lists five main uses of ἀντί ANTI (Examples are taken
from BDAG):
1. Replacement by another = "instead of" or "in place of". See Mt 2.22
2. Equivalence to another = "in place of". Mt 5.38
3. Intervention = "on behalf of". See Mt 17.27
4. Reason for something = "because of" or "for the purpose of". See Eph 5.31
5. Result = "wherefore" or "therefore". See Lk 12.3
Context will determine the usage.
george
gfsomsel
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Subject: [B-Greek] anq wn = since
Dear all,
Does "anq wn" mean "since"? I thought "anti" is a preposition, but there
does not seem to be any English "equivalent" for "anq" in this phrase, is
there? It occurs in Luke 1:20, Luke 12:3, Luke 19:44, Acts 12:23 and 2 Thes
2:10. Is "anti toutou" in Eph 5:31 also similar? Does it mean "because of
this:" ("this" referring to what comes next)?
Thanks!
David Lim
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