From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Sat Jan 02 1999 - 13:40:12 EST
<x-rich>At 1:29 PM -0500 1/2/99, CEP7@aol.com wrote:
>Does anyone know of any references, biblical or extra-biblical where
ARNEOMAI
>or its cognates means "deny" in the sense of "refuse"? Is this sense
possible
>in 2 Tim 2:12?
>
>Charles Powell
Here's L&N on the question:
<bold>88.231 ARNEOMAI</bold> : to behave in a way which is untrue to
one's real self, in a sense of denying certain valid aspects of one's
personality - 'to be false to oneself, to be untrue to oneself.'
EKEINOS PISTOS MENEI, ARNHSASQAI GAR hEAUTON OU DUNATAI 'he remains
faithful, for he cannot be false to himself' 2Tm 2:13. It is possible
in some languages to translate 'he cannot be false to himself' in 2Tm
2:13 as 'he cannot be different from what he really is' or 'he cannot
be otherwise than good.'
I haven't checked extra-Biblical references, as yet. Certainly the
sense here really seems to be "say no" to a proposition, classical
Attic OU FHMI with an understood EINAI.
Carl W. Conrad
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