[B-Greek] ANUPOKRITOS in Wisdom 18:15

Beata Urbanek beata.urbanek at op.pl
Tue Jun 17 16:14:08 EDT 2008


Thanks for all your answers. I'm reading them and thinking what to make out of it.
Maybe unambigious is sort of close to irrevocable? I mean that the decree means one thing and not the other, so no one should think it can be different or changed.

Beata Urbanek
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  From: George F Somsel 
  To: Carl Conrad ; Beata Urbanek 
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  Subject: Re: [B-Greek] ANUPOKRITOS in Wisdom 18:15


  Apparently the translator of this book in NETS felt that it is correct



  15 From heaven, from the royal throne, your all-powerful word
       leapt as a stern warrior
       into the land marked for destruction
  16 bearing your irrevocable command as a sharp rapier;

  Lust, Eynikel & Hauspie in _A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint_ does give "irrevocable."

    
  ἀνυπόκριτος,-ος,-ον     A 0-0-0-0-2=2
  Wis 5,18; 18,15
  irrevocable, without hypocrisy, unfeigned
  Cf. Larcher 1984, 389-390; Spicq 1978a 105.107; 1982 656-657

  Lust, J., Eynikel, E., & Hauspie, K. (2003). A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint : Revised Edition. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft: Stuttgart.

   
  george
  gfsomsel 



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  ----- Original Message ----
  From: Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
  To: Beata Urbanek <beata.urbanek at op.pl>
  Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
  Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 10:40:43 AM
  Subject: Re: [B-Greek] ANUPOKRITOS in Wisdom 18:15


  On Jun 16, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Beata Urbanek wrote:

  > Dear list members,
  >
  > I read in dictionaries that ANUPOKRITOS means "without  
  > hipocrisy,sincere, genuine, undisguised". It seems to be its meaning  
  > in NT, when e.g. Paul talks about genuine love or faith (Rom 12:9; 2  
  > Cor 6:6; 1 Tim 1:5). But in Polish translations, in one commentary  
  > written in English I find the translation "irrevocable".
  > The text of Wisdom 18:15 is:
  >
  > hO PANTODUNAMOS SOU LOGOS AP OURANWN EK QRONWN BASILEIWN APOTOMOS  
  > POLEMISTHS EIS MESON THS OLEQRIAS hHLATO GHS XIFOS OXU THN  
  > ANUPOKRITON EPITAGHN SOU FERWN
  >
  > My first question is: is that translation as irrevocable correct?

  I don't think so; the sense in Wisdom 18:15 seems to me to be rather  
  "authentic" or "unambiguous."

  > 2. Since the other occurence of the word in LXX is in Wisdom 5:18,  
  > where it desrcibes KRISIS I wonder if it could mean something closer  
  > to "authentic, solid, just". Am I right?

  I think so; certainly those are closer to it.

  > Any help appreciated.

  It's an interesting word, derived from the older Attic verb  
  hUPOKRINOMAI, "answer, respond" which was later supplanted by  
  APORKRINOMAI. The agent noun hUPOKRITHS ("responder") was the term  
  used for an actor in a drama. hUPOKRISIS means "responding" -- or  
  "acting out a part" or "role-playing."
  ANUPOKRITOS means "without role-playing" -- i.e. "honest," "sincere."

  Here's the BDAG entry:

  ἀνυπόκριτος, ον [ANUPOKRITOS, ON] (s.  
  ὑποκρίτης [hUPOKRITHS]; schol. on Aristoph., Av. 798;  
  Iambl., Vi. Pyth. §69, 188 αἰδώς [AIDWS]; Ps.-Demetr., De Eloc.  
  194; Wsd 5:18; 18:15) pert. to being without pretense, genuine,  
  sincere, lit. ‘without play-acting’ ἀγάπη [AGAPH] (ApcSed  
  1:4) Ro 12:9; 2 Cor 6:6. φιλαδελφία [FILADELFIA] 1 Pt 1:22.  
  πίστις [PISTIS] 1 Ti 1:5; 2 Ti 1:5. σοφία [SOFIA] Js 3:17. 
  —DELG s.v. κρίνω. M-M. TW. Spicq.


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



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