Emphatic expressions
Mark Wilson
emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Wed Jan 10 22:40:47 EST 2001
Phil 4: 12
OIDA KAI TAPEINOUSQAI
OIDA KAI PERISSEUEIN
EN PANTI KAI EN PASIN MEMUHMAI
KAI CORTAZESQAI...
I have just finished reading a commentary on Philippians, and
ran across a statement similar to the following one many, many times:
"this word/phrase is emphatic in the Greek"
For example, in the above verse (4:12), EN PANTI KAI EN PASIN is
said to be "very emphatic."
In verse 15:
OIDATE DE KAI hUMEIS, FILIPPHSIOI
The commentary says that the KAI makes hUMEIS emphatic.
I am not sure how many times Paul put words or phrases in
an "emphatic position," but according to this scholar, it was
quite often in this epistle.
Although he mentioned this "emphatic" position often, I really
did not quite catch why it was noteworthy.
In the above example (EN PANTI KAI EN PASIN), what does
this phrase being in the emphatic position actually mean?
Thank you,
Mark Wilson
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
More information about the B-Greek
mailing list