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Re: ADIALEIPTWS
- To: Jonathan Robie <jwrobie@mindspring.com>
- Subject: Re: ADIALEIPTWS
- From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 05:32:31 -0400
- Cc: b-greek@virginia.edu
At 7:05 PM -0400 6/13/97, Jonathan Robie wrote:
>Kevin Mullins wrote:
>
>>In 1Thess. 1:3 3 we have ADIALEIPTWS MNHMONEUONTES translated "
>>Remembering without ceasing" (KJV). Could it possibly have a qualitative
>>meaning as well as or rather than being related to time? That is, would I
>>be stretching this a great deal to say, "Remembering and leaving nothing
>>out.." or "Remembering everything of your work of faith..."?
>
>Louw and Nida suggests that it means quite literally without stopping. BAGD
>pretty much agrees, but lists one instance where it seems to mean "without
>fail".
It's worth noting also, with regard to MNHMONEUONTES, that MNHMONEUW serves
for English "mention," i.e., for "give vocal expression to one's
recollection."
Carl W. Conrad
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