[B-Greek] PAN hRHMA

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Fri Dec 19 14:30:33 EST 2008


I thought I had already sent this reply earlier, but apparently it didn't go through (apologies if it did).

I think this is a Hebraism: PAN hRHMA means "any thing." Given the double-negation in OUK ADUNATHSEI, that should yield the appropriate sense, I think. Granted, it's somewhat awkward Greek. I don't have my references with me at this time, but I think this is a citation from the LXX, which means that it's an overly literal translation of the Hebrew.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (ret)
 
On Friday, December 19, 2008, at 12:45PM, "Mitch Larramore" <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com> wrote:
>Luke 1.37 reads
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>hOTI OUK ADUNATHSEI PARA TOU QEOU PAN hRHMA 
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>How does PAN hRHMA come to mean "nothing"?
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>Mitch Larramore
>Sugar Land, Texas
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