[B-Greek] Hebrews 5:14
Stephen Carlson
stemmatic at gmail.com
Thu Mar 10 13:47:42 EST 2011
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Robert Campanaro
<rcampanaro at comcast.net> wrote:
> According to BDAG, the word HEXIS (εξις) really means "a state of maturity"
> and alternatively translate Heb 5:14: "But solid food is for adults, who
> because of their mature state have their senses trained to distinguish
> between good and evil." But they acknowledge that Greek lexicons and
> translations render the word as exercise/practice. Which translation is
> correct?
John A. L. Lee, A History of New Testament Lexicography (SBG 8; New
York: Peter Lang, 2003), has an excellent chapter on this very word
(pp. 279-295). He argues that ἕξις means "condition."
Stephen Carlson
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Stephen C. Carlson
Graduate Program in Religion
Duke University
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