1 Timothy 2:11

Christopher Hutson crhutson at salisbury.net
Fri Oct 15 17:00:40 EDT 1999



>From: "Michael Steinman" <MikeSteinman at Juno.com>
>
>1 Timothy 2:11-12 reads as follows in the King James Version:
>Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.  But I suffer not a 
>woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
>I was advised by an acquaintance that this passage is not translated 
>properly from the original Greek.  She bases her view on the grammatical 
>rule the an infinitive must take an accusitive object.  She states that 
>"women" (GUNAIKI)is not in the accustive form so the infinitive "to teach" 
>(DIDASKEIN)cannot refer to woman.  Another source, who I feel is much more 
>knowledgable of the language, explains that(GUNAIKI) is the object of the 
>verb "to allow (suffer)" (EPITREPW)and this verb always takes a dative 
>object.  As a result GUNAIKI could not be in the accusitive. He advised 
>that the KJV translation is correct.  My investigation to date supports the

>latter view, however, I would appreciate any further clarification.


Yes, Michael, GUNAIKI is the object of EPITREPW.  The other piece of the
puzzle you need is to understand that the infinitive often follows a verb of
seeing, perceiving, saying, indicating, and so forth.  To understand the
grammar of the infinitive in such a construction, look at BDF §397, and/or
Smyth §§1991-2000.  Then check LSJ for usages of EPITREPW.  You will see
that EPITREPW could be used with either a dative or accusative object plus
an infinitive.  

XPIC

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Christopher R. Hutson
          Hood Theological Seminary
          Salisbury, NC  28144
crhutson at salisbury.net
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