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by Eeli Kaikkonen
April 18th, 2025, 8:54 am
Forum: Other
Topic: σουδάριον in John 20.7
Replies: 9
Views: 39490

Re: σουδάριον in John 20.7

If I have understood the words correctly, then 1. It's χωρὶς which creates the translation "separate" (contra Jean above). 2. The difference may come from how χωρὶς ἐντετυλιγμένον is interpreted. It could be possible to take it as tightly connected, χωρὶς ἐντετυλιγμένον = folded to be sepa...
by Eeli Kaikkonen
January 5th, 2025, 7:32 am
Forum: Vocabulary
Topic: Miscellaneous vocabulary questions
Replies: 3
Views: 37128

Re: Miscellaneous vocabulary questions

A suggestion to Jonathan: while you use and cite an answering bot, could you show us the questions you fed to it, too? AI chat is a new thing and not everyone can use them, so it might be useful to show how to get relevant information from them. A suggestion to Gladys: at least some of your question...
by Eeli Kaikkonen
December 24th, 2024, 6:52 am
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: G1096 Ginomai - meaning of the word
Replies: 6
Views: 31587

Re: G1096 Ginomai - meaning of the word

To add to what Jonathan said -- Words get their meanings in the contexts in which they are used. On and the same word can "mean" different thing in different contexts. Even a detailed dictionary or lexicon can't exhaust all possible nuanced meanings, let alone pragmatic nuances or connotat...
by Eeli Kaikkonen
September 19th, 2024, 2:07 pm
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Acts 21:25
Replies: 28
Views: 74888

Re: Acts 21:25

You don't seem to have checked dictionnaries. OK, the verb is common and versatile. Indeed it can mean observe, keep etc. (not "keep for/by itself"!) under some circumstances. This is backed up by Thayer, not by LSJ. But does it mean that here ? That's not something you can just choose. T...
by Eeli Kaikkonen
September 18th, 2024, 2:48 pm
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Acts 21:25
Replies: 28
Views: 74888

Re: Acts 21:25

My assumption is that φυλάσσω in the middle voice can mean "to keep for/by itself" according to what mean/express the middle voice in general. You make two mistakes here. First, that's not what middle voice means. The current majority view (of those who have kept themselves informed about...
by Eeli Kaikkonen
May 30th, 2024, 12:54 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Can a verb subordinates participle semantically?
Replies: 6
Views: 38710

Re: Can a verb subordinates participle semantically ?

Indeed I agree that meaning and purpose of a text can't be reduced to grammatical or syntactic (or even discourse) analysis, but using the word "semantic(ally)" feels suspicious. What is semantics? Can it be separated from grammar on the one hand and pragmatics on the other? Do Cotterell/T...
by Eeli Kaikkonen
May 29th, 2024, 2:30 pm
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: EXPERT HELP NEEDED
Replies: 1
Views: 24369

Re: EXPERT HELP NEEDED

I don't want to discuss that privately, I would rather like to see publicly here some examples of what he says.
by Eeli Kaikkonen
May 29th, 2024, 2:04 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Can a verb subordinates participle semantically?
Replies: 6
Views: 38710

Re: Can a verb subordinates participle semantically ?

Διώκετε τὴν ἀγάπην ζηλοῦτε δὲ τὰ πνευματικά μᾶλλον δὲ ἵνα προφητεύητε. I see an ellipsis of a main verb there, we must assume ζηλοῦτε belonging to the third line, too. It's μᾶλλον δὲ which makes ἵνα προφητεύητε more prominent. It's not the verbs which are compared, it's τὰ πνευματικά in general vs. ...
by Eeli Kaikkonen
January 18th, 2024, 12:16 pm
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: John 6:58 - οὐ καθὼς ἔφαγον οἱ πατέρες καὶ ἀπέθανον·
Replies: 6
Views: 28561

Re: John 6:58 - οὐ καθὼς ἔφαγον οἱ πατέρες καὶ ἀπέθανον·

whether there is an ellipsis there at all in the καθως clause, which I don’t think that there is. You may be right. My main point is that people see something which deviates from (in their opinion) good, complete, neat, clean grammar/syntax. Then they try to explain this by resorting to some missin...

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