[B-Greek] re.. Oikos or Oikia
Jeffrey B. Gibson
jgibson000 at comcast.net
Mon Mar 22 09:01:34 EST 2004
Paul Evans wrote:
> B-Greekers,
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> What is it I am missing in Mark 1:29. TEN OIKIAN? I thought OIKOS was
> 2nd declension masculine! I see that OIKIA can be used as an adjective.
> I guess this is a substantive of some sort, but why is the feminine used
> when obviously they are going into the house of Simon and Andrew? In
> Mark 2:1 I see what I would expect, EN OIKW. I dont really understand
> why the difference is made.
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Simple explanation: Mark likes to use diminutives. Have a look at his use
of words for "boat".
Yours,
Jeffrey
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