[B-Greek] TI hUMIN DOKEI?
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Mon May 31 01:25:57 EDT 2010
On May 30, 2010, at 5:18 PM, Carl Conrad wrote:
> EOIKE in the sense "seems" or "seems likely" is secondary and equivalent to the older usage of the neuter sg. of the pf. ptc. with explicit or implicit ESTIN: EIKOS ESTIN, "it is likely, probable; it seems to be the case," usually followed by accusative and infinitive construction.
> I rather think that these Biblical citations don't belong to this sense but rather to the primary sense of EOIKA with dative, "be like"
>
> James 1:6 "is like a sea-wave driven and blown by the wind"
> James 1:28 "is like a man looking in the mirror at the face he was born with"
>
> LSJ: to be like, look like, c. dat.
> BDAG: ἔοικα (Hom. et al.; in the mng. ‘seem’ also Job 6:3, 25; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 175; Just., Tat.) old pf. of εἴκω be like, resemble, τινί someone or someth. (Hes., fgm. 263 Rz. ποταμῷ ῥέοντι ἐοικώς) κλύδωνι θαλάσσης Js 1:6. ἀνδρί vs. 23.—DELG. M-M.
Carl,
Your right, of course. Couldn't find any other examples in GNT. But I didn't look all that hard. I had strong suspicion that the James examples were not what I was looking for but wasn't absolutely certain. I had to post something from the GNT to keep it on topic :-)
thank you,
Elizabeth Kline
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