[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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