[b-greek] Re: Lk 24.17, PAROIKEW

From: Glenn Blank (glennblank@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Apr 10 2002 - 21:39:28 EDT




>In a message dated 4/8/2002 9:24:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>glennblank@earthlink.net writes:
>
>Perhaps in its classical useage PAROIKEW can mean simply "to live nearby,"
>"to live as a neighbor." But it the LXX and GNT "temporary residence" seems
>to be an essential semantic component, for example, in Gen 17.8; 20.1;
>21.34; 26.3; Ex 6.4; Lev 17.8; Heb 11.9 ; 1 Pet 1.17; 2.11, it is in the
>context of a journey, "just passing through."
>__________________

>From: Polycarp66@aol.com
>Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 10:01:07 EDT
>
>I would hardly call 2 instances convincing evidence that this is the
meaning
>in the NT. Especially when one of the 2 is open to question. I'll stick
to
>my statement.
>
>gfsomsel

Alright. I would think its use in the LXX would have more bearing on its
understanding in the NT than would its use in the classics. But let us
focus solely on its use in the NT.

The only place the verb occurs, other than the passage in question, is Heb
11.9, a reference to Abraham's travel from Ur to the promised land, and he
is said to be PARWiKHSEN as *ALLOTRIAN (from another place)* -- which is a
fitting name for the state of affairs described in verse 8: "went out to a
place he would *afterward* receive for an inheritance, *not knowing* where
he went."

As you, say, only two instances in the NT. But add to that the adjectival
form, PAROIKOS, and the theme of being a foreigner, or at least of not
having citizenship, continues:

Eph 2.19 Previous condition of being XENOI and PAROIKOI with the condition
now of being SUMPOLITAI (fellow-citizen) with the saints of the OIKEOI of
God.

1 Pet 2.11 Paul warns his readers as PAROIKOUS and PAREPIDHMOUS (foreigner)
of the hostile environment they are in.

Acts 7.6 Describing the Israelites in Egypt as PAROIKON in an alien
(ALLOTRIAi) land, and DOULWSOUSIN and KAKWSOUSIN (enslaved and treated
badly) -- absence of rights of citizenship is key to the meaning of
PAROIKON here.

Acts 7.29 When Moses fled into Midian, he was described as a PAROIKOS
there.

Add to that the noun PAROIKIA, the dwelling place itself:

Acts 13.17 PAROIKIA is the Israelites' dwelling in Egypt

1 Pet 1.17 Our time on earth is described as PAROIKIA

So if not "residing temporarily," at least "being a stranger" in the sense
of not having the same status as a permanent citizen.

glenn blank


   


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