[B-Greek] Word Order in John 1:1
Iver Larsen
iver_larsen at sil.org
Sat Oct 25 04:46:31 EDT 2003
>
> John 1:1 EN ARCHi HN hO LOGOS, KAI hO LOGOS HN PROS TON QEON, KAI
> QEOS HN hO LOGOS.
> I read somewhere that the word order of the last phrase here (KAI
> QEOS HN hO LOGOS) is what makes QEOS definite.
> I quess this is due to emphasis. Context would have a bearing on
> whether QEOS is definite or indefinite, would it not?
> It also said that if the subject and the predicate had been
> reversed, (KAI hO LOGOS HN QEOS) this phrase would mean; 'and the
> word was a god'. Is this true?
No, it is not true. Word order and definiteness are two different animals.
It is the lack of the article that makes QEOS qualitative and predicate
here, as pointed out by Steve Klemetti.
Iver Larsen
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