Looking for the meanings of the Greek in Luke 2:14 – good will or pleased
I am lost. Can not find εὐδοκίας “among people with whom he is pleased”
Luke 2:14: Some bibles read “good will among people” while others read “among people with whom he is pleased”. The TC note in the NET implies it is the difference between εὐδοκία (eudokia) and εὐδοκίας (eudokias) And my Greek NT so read. (BYZ & Scrivener 1881) and (SBLGNT).
But using the reverse interlinears:
for KJV MSS εὐδοκία Lemma εὐδοκία and Strong’s Greek #2107
for ESV MSS εὐδοκίας Lemma εὐδοκία and Strong’s Greek #2107
My first guess is that Strong’s is biased towards the KJV
But when I do a Bible word study I can see εὐδοκία (for both bibles) but not εὐδοκίας
What am I doing wrong? [other then getting into the Greek way over my head]
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David Ames said:
But when I do a Bible word study I can see εὐδοκία (for both bibles) but not εὐδοκίας
What am I doing wrong? [other then getting into the Greek way over my head]
Bible Word Study uses the lemma (dictionary) form spelling. Greek spelling shows grammatical usage: εὐδοκία (eudokia) is Nominative Case (lemma) and εὐδοκίας (eudokias) is Genitive Case. Screen shot shows Textual Apparatus pop-up in SBLGNT (along with arrows into Morphology Charts for Nominative and Genitive spellings.
A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (textual criticism insights: less than 1% of Greek New Testament has word differences)
UBS Handbook Series Old & New Testament Collection (55 vols.) (discusses translation issues into cultural context)
Lexham Analytical Lexicon to the Greek New Testament (Analytical includes all spellings of Greek lemma with morphology codes for usage)
Chapman's New Testament-Greek Notebook (summary of Greek grammatical syntax usage)
Bible Word Study (BWS) has Lemma in Passage section (20 commentaries in my Logos library includes UBS Handbook on Luke). Lemma section of BWS includes Morphology Charts link.
March Madness 2020 includes Biblical Greek: Foundational Certificate Program (for learning Biblical Greek, which has also been discussed in a number of forum threads)
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You have given me some heavy reading to do - Will get back to you soon when done.
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