[B-Greek] "IDOU" in Luke 13:16

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Tue Mar 15 07:49:08 EDT 2011


On Mar 15, 2011, at 7:05 AM, George F Somsel wrote:

> I would suggest that IDOU is here being used to call attention to the length of 
> time involved.
> ②marker of strong emphasis, seeused w. a noun without a finite verb, as in our 
> colloquial ‘see!’ ‘what do you know!’ ‘of all things!’ ‘wonder of wonders!’ 
> 
> BDAG

It's even a common element of colloquial English in the expression, 
"lo these many years" -- underscoring a considerable length of time.


> ________________________________
> From: A. J. Birch <AJB1212 at ono.com>
> To: B-Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tue, March 15, 2011 12:10:39 AM
> Subject: [B-Greek] "IDOU" in Luke 13:16
> 
> "TAUTHN DE QUGATERA ABRAAM OUSAN, HN EDHSEN O SATANAS IDOU DEKA KAI OKTW ETH, 
> OUK EDEI LUQHNAI APO TOU DESMOU TOUTOU THi HMERAi TOU SABBATOU;" (Luke 13:16).
> 
> I've just read this chapter and it struck me that the place in the sentence and 
> the use of the word "IDOU" were somewhat different from the normal usage. (I 
> don't mean that the meaning is different.) "IDOU" usually seems to come early on 
> in sentences, whereas here it comes in the middle of a sentence, somewhat 
> unexpectedly? Any comments?
> 
> Andrew J. Birch
> Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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