[B-Greek] Revelation 15:2
George F. Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Fri Aug 20 03:37:32 EDT 2004
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:32:23 -0400 Ron Snider <ronpt at comcast.net> writes:
> The text in question is ...TOUS NIKWNTAJ EK TOU QHRIOU KAI EK THS
> EIKONOJ AUTOU KAI EK TOU ARIQMOU (If my transliteration is not
> correct,
> please let me know Carl)
> I recognize that the accusative pariciple is the subject of the verb
>
> EIDON. This term seldom takes has a preposition following it, and
> how
> is one to understand the three EK phrases that follow? Are they
> merely
> to denote separation from the beast, his image and his mark, or is
> there
> more here?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ron Snider
>
> ---
Please excuse my coming late to the party, but I seem to have overlooked
your post.
This is indeed a somewhat unusual use of EK. One would tend to think of
"because of" or some such idea, but this is obviously not the case here.
If you note the entry in BGAD under #6 "various uses", it has
"like the O.T. usage of <Heb>MiN <Grk> EKRINEN hO QEOS TO KRIMA hUMWN EC
AUTHS God has pronounced judgment for you against her Rv 18:20 . . ."
(I'm sure BDAG has a similar entry, but I still haven't picked up my
print edition from my friend's house nor have I yet purchased the
electronic version). The idea would thus seem to be "in opposition to."
george
gfsomsel
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