[B-Greek] Rev. 9:14

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Thu Dec 25 17:37:47 EST 2003


In a message dated 12/25/2003 2:27:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
ronpt at comcast.net writes:


> The Greek of this verse runs as follows:
> 
> luson tous tessaras avggelous tous dedemenous epi. tw potamw tw megalw
> Eufrate.
> 
> I have seen a suggestion that the prepositional phrase EPI... is to be
> construed with the verb LUO, but the normal reading of the sentence does
> not appear to me to make this a strong option.  Most construe the
> prepositional phrase with the participle DEO.
> 

________

That's putting a lot of distance between a verb and the preposition.  

DEW signifies "to bind" either literally or figuratively.  

In Mt 22.13 the wedding guest without a wedding garment is ordered to be 
bound "hand and foot" (acc.).

Ignatius in his Epistle to the Ephesians says he was bound "because of the 
name" EN TWi ONOMATI 
(http://www.ccel.org/l/lake/fathers/ignatius-ephesians.htm#III)

In his Epistle to the Romans he says he was bound to ten leopards by which he 
states he is referring to the soldiers 
(http://www.ccel.org/l/lake/fathers/ignatius-romans.htm#V).  Here again the leopards to whom he is bound are in the 
acc.

In Re 9.14 it would seem that the EPI is a locative usage meaning bound "at 
the river." In this case the "binding" is probably signifying being "assigned 
to the river . . . "

gfsomsel



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