The Language of the Epistle to the Hebrews as Bearing upon Its ...

LANGUAGE OF THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS.
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S. Paul, therefore, greatly exceeds all others in the use of these
particles, while the difference between the others is not so great,
although S. Luke is most sparing of all in their employment.
Adverbs of space are very sparingly used by S. Paul, with an approach
to equality between Heb. and S. Luke, but twice as often by other
writers. For KEZ, OTrOV, OV, 710o, and Joe, taken together, the proportionate
numbers are: Heb. 82; S. Luke, 93; S. Paul, 26; others, I86.
In the various particles and adverbs of negation I do not find on
the whole any noticeable peculiarities, although /8ret'L and ju/7a8 occur
each but once in Heb., while the former is common both in S. Luke
(3I times) and S. Paul (33 times), as well as in other writers (22
times), and the latter less frequent in S. Luke (i i times), and common
in S. Paul (29 times) and other writers (21 times). But the word
Xwopt' is used frequently enough in Heb. to be considered characteristic;
far less by St. Paul; least of all by S. Luke. The proportionate
numbers are: Heb. i50; S. Luke, i; S. Paul, 28; all others, io.
The particles u'ev and 8e have already been alluded to. They
would naturally be more common in narrative; but as between Heb.,
S. Paul, and the other epistles, they are relatively most frequent in
Heb. The same thing is true of the conjunction re, which is more
common in S. Luke and S. Paul than in other N. T. writers.
HaXwv is comparatively rare in S. Luke, but equally common in
Heb. and S. Paul. Proportionate numbers are: Heb. i 6; S. Luke,
13; S. Paul, 16; all others, 94.
The use of ry is very rare in Heb., whether as a disjunctive conjunction
or as a term of comparison. In the latter sense it occurs
but once, and in the former only 4 times, two of which are in quotations
from the LXX, and a third in a more than doubtful reading. In
all the other N. T. writers it is very common, and most of all in S. Paul.
In the use of 1xaXXov, however, though S. Paul still exceeds, Heb. most
nearly approaches his usage. The causal conjunction &dret is far more
frequent in Heb. than anywhere else. The proportionate numbers
(including all instances of ' in Text Rec.) are :-
HEBREWS. S. LUKE. S. PAUL. ALL OTHERS.
rv . .... 58 127 2I9 132
AaXXov . . . 69 20 87 20
rrE . .. . 04 3 20 5
Whether in its interrogative, or its other use, OriJ is almost wholly
avoided in Heb., occurring but once (interrogatively), while it is
common enough in S. Luke (27 times), S. Paul (40 times), and
other writers (5 times).