Phil 4:6 ALL EN PANTI
Harry W. Jones
hwjones2 at earthlink.net
Mon Dec 30 21:42:25 EST 2002
Hi Carl!
Then you agree that PASTAS in hOS PASTAS ANQRWPOUS QELEI SWQHNAI KAI EIS
EPIGNWSIN ALHQEIAS ELQEIN. From 1 Timothy 2:4 means "all" without
exclusions or exceptions?
Best,
Harry Jones
> [Original Message]
> From: Carl W. Conrad <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
> To: Biblical Greek <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Cc: Biblical Greek <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Date: 12/29/02 4:31:44 PM
> Subject: [b-greek] Re: Phil 4:6 ALL EN PANTI
>
> At 5:32 PM -0800 12/29/02, Harry W. Jones wrote:
> >Hi Carl!
> >
> >I agree we went over PAS in 1Timothy 2:4 before. But I don't believe any
> >guide lines were ever arrived at for translating PAS as "All" vs
"Every".
> >My grammar by Stevens gives
> >
> >PAS(sg) + noun(sg) = "every ______"
> >
> >PANTES(pl) + noun(pl) = "all ______"
> >
> >for anarthrous constructions.
> >
> >And
> >
> >PAS + [article + noun] = "all the _____"
> >
> >[article + PAS ] + noun = "the whole ______"
> >
> >for articular constructions.
> >
> >Now I just don't see how "every" is the same as "all" , though.
> >
> >But what do you think?
>
> Harry, LOOK at what the dictionaries say; I cited the relevant section of
> BDAG; you should read the entire article on PAS, and you should also not
> expect Greek PAS to correspond in every respect to the English adjective
> "all." "Every" is a distributive sense and will only have a bearing on the
> singular of PAS/PASA/PAN. I really think that your problem has to do more
> with English than with Greek.
> --
>
> Carl W. Conrad
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