[Lexicog] an English idiom

[Wayne Leman]

>
> Wayne, I would agree that "my soul is swallowed up by sorrow" is not an
> English idiom but I can certainly understand it. Is it the same Greek
> verb as in 1 Corinthians 15 where Paul writes "death is swallowed up in
> victory"?

No, it is not, Chaz. In Mark 14.34 there is only the verb perilupos (with
the prefix peri- it is an intensive form of the adjective lupe 'sad') 'very
sad' which has no lexical connection to the verb katapino 'swallow' in 1
Cor. 15.54.

I can account for the translation of Mark 14.34 only by assuming that the
English translators were attempting to create an intensive meaning, but I
still cannot think of any extant English expression which would be close to
it.

Wayne
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Wayne Leman
Cheyenne dictionary project

> The meaning of that sentence is clear, too, but I wouldn't
> call it an idiom any more than I would call the first one an idiom.
>
> -Chaz



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