[B-Greek] APO in 2 Thess 1:9
Ben and Jo Crick
ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Tue Nov 25 18:04:45 EST 2003
On Tue 25 Nov 2003 (11:36:44), dhoxworth at charter.net wrote:
> what is the best way to understand APO here? is it better understand
> as 'from' as a reference to source or is it 'away from' as a reference
> to separation? or are there other ways to understand this preposition?
>
The clause is hOITINES DIKHN TISOUSIN hOLEQRON AIWNION *APO PROSWPOU TOU
KURIOU* KAI APO THS DOXHS THS ISCUOS AUTOU, ktl
This phrase APO TOU PROSWPOU TOU KURIOU is a literal translation of the Hebrew
phrase LiP:NeY-YHWH "before-the-face-of YHWH".
It is quite common in the NT.
ERRWSQE
Ben
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