newbie question: GENOMENHN in Romans 7:3

J. Eric Vaughan Vaughan at iomega.com
Wed Oct 30 12:07:21 EST 2002


I'm very new to NT Greek.  My reference books say that GENOMENHN in
Romans 7:3 is "Accusative singular feminine participle aorist 2."  From
studying my limited selection of Greek grammar books, I have a general
idea of what the aorist particle means, but I'm having a hard time
telling whether this verb is a past tense action, or something that
happens in the present.  I.e., is it:

"so that she is no adulteress, though she has been joined to another
man." (a completed past action)

OR

"so that she is no adulteress, though she now joins herself to another
man." (a completed present action after the previous husband has died)
?

Any help would be very appreciated!

Thanks,
Eric



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