1Tim. 6:16

Ken Smith kens at 180solutions.com
Thu Apr 25 04:06:34 EDT 2002


The subject of EIDEN is OUDEIS (it's in the nominative); the object is
hON (accusative).  It works out to be, "whom no one of men has seen", or
more idiomatically, "whom no one has ever seen."

Ken Smith

> Dear All,
> 
> In 1Tim. 6:16:
> 
> hOV EIDEN OUDEIS ANTHRWPWN
> 
> I am not exactly sure how this works - I know it means something like:
> 'who
> is seen of/by no men' but shouldn't EIDEN be passive? What is the
subject
> of
> EIDEN?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jack Stewart
> 
> UK



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