[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,
>
>
>
> 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 don’t really understand
> why the difference is made.
>
>

Simple explanation:  Mark likes to use diminutives.  Have a look at his use
of words for "boat".

Yours,

Jeffrey

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