06-22-2015, 03:54 PM
Semiticism: discern/ receive/ take/ regard/ accept faces
1. to show partiality, typically based on mere appearances or resulting from bribery
2. to take on a face/mask, i.e. to present the appearance of being something that that one is not, i.e. to be hypocritical
Illustrations of Definition 1
From the OT:
Deuteronomy 1:17 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch...ersion=YLT
ye do not discern faces in judgment;
as the little so the great ye do hear;
ye are not afraid of the face of any,
for the judgment is God's,
and the thing which is too hard for you,
ye bring near unto me,
and I have heard it;
Deuteronomy 16:19 (YLT)
Thou dost not turn aside judgment;
thou dost not discern faces,
nor take a bribe,
for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise,
and perverteth the words of the righteous.
2 Chronicles 19:7 (YLT)
and now, let fear of Jehovah be upon you,
observe and do,
for there is not with Jehovah our God perverseness,
and acceptance of faces,
and taking of a bribe.'
Job 13:10 (YLT)
He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces.
Proverbs 24:23 (YLT)
These also are for the wise: --
To discern faces in judgment is not good.
Proverbs 28:21 (YLT)
To discern faces is not good,
And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
In the NT:
First, some Greek vocabulary.
prosopon: face/ countenance/ visage, mask
prosopa: faces, masks
lempsia: to receive; derived from lambano
Hartin, Patrick J. 2009. _James_, v. 14 of the Sacra Pagina Series (USA: Liturgical Press), 324pp.
https://books.google.com/books?id=1wTzoW...22&f=false
On 117, with the bracket being Hartin’s:
_while showing acts of favoritism (en prosopolempsiais)_: The two Greek words _prosopolempsia_ (the noun in 2:1) and _prosopolemptein_ (the verb in 2:9) have not been found in secular Greek or in the LXX (BDAG 887). They probably originated in early Christian paraenesis to capture the Hebrew _nasa' panim_ ("to lift up the face" [Lev 19:15]; expressed in the LXX as _prosopon lambanein_), literally "to show favoritism," especially in the context of judicial courts.
Below, brackets contain the Greek word, split into its two component parts.
Acts 10:34 (HCSB)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...OUNCE;DLNT
Then Peter began to speak:
“Now I really understand that God doesn’t show favoritism [prosopo lemptes],
Romans 2:11 (HCSB)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...OUNCE;DLNT
There is no favoritism [prosopo lempsia] with God.
Ephesians 6:9 (HCSB)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...OUNCE;DLNT
And masters, treat your slaves the same way,
without threatening them,
because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven,
and there is no favoritism [prosopo lempsia] with Him.
Colossians 3:25 (HCSB)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...OUNCE;DLNT
For the wrongdoer will be paid back for whatever wrong he has done,
and there is no favoritism [prosopo lempsia].
James 2:1 (HCSB)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...OUNCE;DLNT
My brothers, do not show favoritism [prosopo lempsia] as you hold on to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.
James 2:9 (HCSB)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...OUNCE;DLNT
But if you show favoritism [prosopo lempteo], you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
1 Peter 1:17 (HCSB)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...OUNCE;DLNT
And if you address as Father the One who judges impartially [a-prosopo lemptos, i.e. not-partially] based on each one’s work,
you are to conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your temporary residence.
1. to show partiality, typically based on mere appearances or resulting from bribery
2. to take on a face/mask, i.e. to present the appearance of being something that that one is not, i.e. to be hypocritical
Illustrations of Definition 1
From the OT:
Deuteronomy 1:17 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch...ersion=YLT
ye do not discern faces in judgment;
as the little so the great ye do hear;
ye are not afraid of the face of any,
for the judgment is God's,
and the thing which is too hard for you,
ye bring near unto me,
and I have heard it;
Deuteronomy 16:19 (YLT)
Thou dost not turn aside judgment;
thou dost not discern faces,
nor take a bribe,
for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise,
and perverteth the words of the righteous.
2 Chronicles 19:7 (YLT)
and now, let fear of Jehovah be upon you,
observe and do,
for there is not with Jehovah our God perverseness,
and acceptance of faces,
and taking of a bribe.'
Job 13:10 (YLT)
He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces.
Proverbs 24:23 (YLT)
These also are for the wise: --
To discern faces in judgment is not good.
Proverbs 28:21 (YLT)
To discern faces is not good,
And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
In the NT:
First, some Greek vocabulary.
prosopon: face/ countenance/ visage, mask
prosopa: faces, masks
lempsia: to receive; derived from lambano
Hartin, Patrick J. 2009. _James_, v. 14 of the Sacra Pagina Series (USA: Liturgical Press), 324pp.
https://books.google.com/books?id=1wTzoW...22&f=false
On 117, with the bracket being Hartin’s:
_while showing acts of favoritism (en prosopolempsiais)_: The two Greek words _prosopolempsia_ (the noun in 2:1) and _prosopolemptein_ (the verb in 2:9) have not been found in secular Greek or in the LXX (BDAG 887). They probably originated in early Christian paraenesis to capture the Hebrew _nasa' panim_ ("to lift up the face" [Lev 19:15]; expressed in the LXX as _prosopon lambanein_), literally "to show favoritism," especially in the context of judicial courts.
Below, brackets contain the Greek word, split into its two component parts.
Acts 10:34 (HCSB)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...OUNCE;DLNT
Then Peter began to speak:
“Now I really understand that God doesn’t show favoritism [prosopo lemptes],
Romans 2:11 (HCSB)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...OUNCE;DLNT
There is no favoritism [prosopo lempsia] with God.
Ephesians 6:9 (HCSB)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...OUNCE;DLNT
And masters, treat your slaves the same way,
without threatening them,
because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven,
and there is no favoritism [prosopo lempsia] with Him.
Colossians 3:25 (HCSB)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...OUNCE;DLNT
For the wrongdoer will be paid back for whatever wrong he has done,
and there is no favoritism [prosopo lempsia].
James 2:1 (HCSB)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...OUNCE;DLNT
My brothers, do not show favoritism [prosopo lempsia] as you hold on to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.
James 2:9 (HCSB)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...OUNCE;DLNT
But if you show favoritism [prosopo lempteo], you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
1 Peter 1:17 (HCSB)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...OUNCE;DLNT
And if you address as Father the One who judges impartially [a-prosopo lemptos, i.e. not-partially] based on each one’s work,
you are to conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your temporary residence.