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Hebrews 2:15

Posted: July 19th, 2021, 11:17 pm
by 3dearlabs
I have long thought that Hebrews 2:15 should be translated "to fear of death" instead of "through fear of death", to better coincide with Romans 8:15 ("slavery leading to fear again"). I am not a Greek scholar, and I was wondering if the Greek in this verse (Hebrews 2:15) somehow requires a "through" for the dative rather than a "to".

Re: Hebrews 2:15

Posted: July 20th, 2021, 4:30 am
by Jason Hare
3dearlabs wrote: July 19th, 2021, 11:17 pm I have long thought that Hebrews 2:15 should be translated "to fear of death" instead of "through fear of death", to better coincide with Romans 8:15 ("slavery leading to fear again"). I am not a Greek scholar, and I was wondering if the Greek in this verse (Hebrews 2:15) somehow requires a "through" for the dative rather than a "to".
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Re: Hebrews 2:15

Posted: July 20th, 2021, 3:51 pm
by Stirling Bartholomew
I have long thought that Hebrews 2:15 should be translated "to fear of death" instead of "through fear of death", to better coincide with Romans 8:15 ("slavery leading to fear again").
Heb. 2:15 καὶ ἀπαλλάξῃ τούτους, ὅσοι φόβῳ θανάτου διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν ἔνοχοι ἦσαν δουλείας.

Rom. 8:15 οὐ γὰρ ἐλάβετε πνεῦμα δουλείας πάλιν εἰς φόβον ἀλλὰ ἐλάβετε πνεῦμα υἱοθεσίας ἐν ᾧ κράζομεν· ἀββα ὁ πατήρ.
Are you suggesting that εἰς φόβον is somehow similar to φόβῳ? Similar in what manner?

Re: Hebrews 2:15

Posted: July 25th, 2021, 9:52 am
by Bill Ross
I feel most comfortable in the shallow end of the pool, but it appears that this article might possibly be related to the εἰς part of the equation:

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Th ... frontcover

Apologies in advance if it proves to actually be unrelated.

Tangential, but:

Shouldn't this thread be moved to the NT forum?