[B-Greek] Justify- Diakioun

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Mon May 10 17:34:43 EDT 2010


On May 10, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Barry wrote:

>   What I'm questioning is 
> not so much the meaning of δικαιόω, DIKAIOW, as to whether it's all omicron 
> contracts derived from roots referring to quality which have this sense.

I agree. Sandy & Hedlam (Rom ICC p. 30) call attention to τυφλόω TUFLOW with the meaning "make blind" which is used in regard to a moral state not a physical state.

John 12:40 τετύφλωκεν αὐτῶν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς καὶ ἐπώρωσεν αὐτῶν τὴν καρδίαν, ἵνα μὴ ἴδωσιν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς καὶ νοήσωσιν τῇ καρδίᾳ καὶ στραφῶσιν, καὶ ἰάσομαι αὐτούς 

>>TETUFLWKEN AUTWN TOUS OFQALMOUS KAI EPWRWSEN AUTWN THN KARDIAN, hINA MH IDWSIN TOIS OFQALMOIS KAI NOHSWSIN THi KARDIAi KAI STRAFWSIN, KAI IASOMAI AUTOUS<<. 

2Cor. 4:4 ἐν οἷς ὁ θεὸς τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου ἐτύφλωσεν τὰ νοήματα τῶν ἀπίστων εἰς τὸ μὴ αὐγάσαι τὸν φωτισμὸν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου τῆς δόξης τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ θεοῦ 

>>EN hOIS hO QEOS TOU AIWNOS TOUTOU ETUFLWSEN TA NOHMATA TWN APISTWN EIS TO MH AUGASAI TON FWTISMON TOU EUAGGELIOU THS DOXHS TOU CRISTOU, hOS ESTIN EIKWN TOU QEOU<<. 

1John 2:11 ὁ δὲ μισῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ ἐστὶν καὶ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ περιπατεῖ καὶ οὐκ οἶδεν ποῦ ὑπάγει, ὅτι ἡ σκοτία ἐτύφλωσεν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ 

>>hO DE MISWN TON ADELFON AUTOU EN THi SKOTIAi ESTIN KAI EN THi SKOTIAi PERIPATEI KAI OUK OIDEN POU hUPAGEI, hOTI hH SKOTIA ETUFLWSEN TOUS OFQALMOUS AUTOU<<. 

Elizabeth Kline
 






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