On Sat, 14 Apr 2001 13:23:54 -0400 "Carl W. Conrad" writes: > > > No, not really. AN-ISTHMI/AN-ISTAMAI are the transitive and > intransitive forms of a verb that means to get out of (intransitive) > or get something out of (transitive active) a settled state > (hISTHMI/hISTAMAI means "bring to a standstill/come to a > standstill/settled state). According to BAG only AN-ISTHMI is recognized (no AN-ISTAMAI). Furthermore, the futures and 1 aorists are transitive, while the 2nd aorist and all middle forms are intransitive. > The ANA- adverbial prefix in ANISTHMI/ANISTAMAI does indeed > mean "upward", and one of the most common usages of > ANISTHMI/ANISTAMAI is to "arouse" (transitive) or "arise" > from a lying or seated stance, or "wake UP" from sleep--in fact > you could well relate the ANA- of ANISTHMI/ANISTAMAI to the > "UP" in "wake UP." Yes. I assume you mean this holds for both transitive and intransitive forms. My original question pertained to the "again" in the "He must rise again from the dead" translation of Jn 20:9 (KJ, NKJ, NASB). Most translations leave it out, even appear to leave AN- untranslated. It looks like "He must rise up from the dead" is preferrable, certainly to the KJ which might give the impression this rising from the dead is the second occurrence of such. But, the "rise up from the dead" does seem redundant which is probably why most modern translations leave it untranslated. Paul Dixon --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu