[B-Greek] Hebrews 5:14

Emil Salim neokantian at gmail.com
Thu Mar 10 14:04:17 EST 2011


I don't think "exercise/practice" would be the most accurate translation for
ἕξις (hEXIS). I'm not sure about the usage of this word in Koine, but in
Attic this word usually means a state or a stable disposition. If we are
talking about the disposition in the soul, we are talking about the
disposition to distinguish (correctly or wrongly) between good and evil, to
act and feel in a certain way, etc. Hence virtues and vices are ἕξεις
(hEXEIS) because they are stable dispositions in one's soul to conduct
his/her life in a certain way. The word for "exercise/practice" might be
ἐνέργεια (ENERGEIA) or πρᾶξις (PRAXIS).

Emil Salim

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Robert Campanaro
<rcampanaro at comcast.net>wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> 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?
>
> Thanks.
>
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