Phili 1:23 | RWP | e4.org | I am in a strait ( συνεχομα ). "I am held together." Present passive indicative of the common compound verb συνεχω , to hold together, to hem together as in . "I am hemmed in on both sides" (Lightfoot). Betwixt the two ( εκ των δυο ). "From the two (sides)." Pressure to live on, pressure to die and be with Christ. To depart ( εις το αναλυσα ). Purpose clause, εις το and the aorist active infinitive αναλυσα , old compound verb, to unloose (as threads), to break up, to return ( , only other N.T. example), to break up camp (Polybius), to weigh anchor and put out to sea, to depart (often in old Greek and papyri). Cf. καταλυω in for tearing down the tent. Very far better ( πολλω μαλλον κρεισσον ). Double comparative (triple Lightfoot calls it because of πολλω ) like Isocrates and the Koine often. See for περισσοτερως μαλλον . Πολλω is the instrumental case of measure (by much).

‏ Philippians 1:23

I am in a strait ( συνεχομα ). "I am held together." Present passive indicative of the common compound verb συνεχω, to hold together, to hem together as in Lu 8:45. "I am hemmed in on both sides" (Lightfoot).

Betwixt the two ( εκ των δυο ). "From the two (sides)." Pressure to live on, pressure to die and be with Christ.

To depart ( εις το αναλυσα ). Purpose clause, εις το and the aorist active infinitive αναλυσα, old compound verb, to unloose (as threads), to break up, to return (Lu 12:36, only other N.T. example), to break up camp (Polybius), to weigh anchor and put out to sea, to depart (often in old Greek and papyri). Cf. καταλυω in 2Co 5:1 for tearing down the tent.

Very far better ( πολλω μαλλον κρεισσον ). Double comparative (triple Lightfoot calls it because of πολλω ) like Isocrates and the Koine often. See 2Co 7:13 for περισσοτερως μαλλον. Πολλω is the instrumental case of measure (by much).