ENANTIWN

Ben Crick ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Fri Nov 9 13:20:23 EST 2001


On Fri  9 Nov 2001 (09:48:10), kahler at scbcs.edu wrote:
> In this verse there is a string of participles culminating with the
> word ENANTIWN, which appears to look like a participle but is actually
> a Genitive Masculine Plural Adjective.  There is some discussion that
> this may be a derivative of some classical Greek word that worked its
> way into Scripture and that it is indeed a participle.  What can any of
> you tell me about the etymology of the word and how it fits into the
> grammatical construction of the verse.

 Clay:

 I've always regarded ENANTIOS as an "improper preposition". It is an
 adjective agreeing with PASIN ANQRWPOIS in the verse you cite, but meaning
 "against" or "contrary to". As an adjective, it follows its noun in this case.

 It is derived from ENANTI, meaning "before", constructed from the two
 "proper" prepositions EN and ANTI: hence an "improper preposition".

 ERRWSQE
 Ben
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