Van Tilborg, SjefTilborg, Sjef van2010-02-052010-02-052002Van Tilborg, S 2002. 'The meaning of the word gamw~ in Lk 14:20; 17:27; Mk 12:25 and in a number of early Jewish and Christian authors', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 802-810.[http://www.hts.org.za/index.php/HTS/issue/archive]0259-9422 (print)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12869Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDFIn modern Greek the word gamw~ means exclusively “to have sexual contact”, and not “to marry”. In his work Opera Minora Selecta: Epigraphie et antiquité grecques (Amsterdam, 1989, V, 417-421) the epigraphist Louis Robert shows that this special meaning of the word has to be assumed in a number of classical texts. On the basis of Robert’s study, this article discusses whether this meaning is also possible in the case of a number of New Testament texts (Lk 14:20; 17:27; Mk 12:25) and texts from Enoch, Philo, Athenagoras and especially Clement.enFaculty of Theology, University of PretoriaLukeMarkBible -- N.T. -- Luke -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.Bible -- N.T. -- Mark -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.Sex in the BibleArticle