[B-Greek] Re: Dative of Place
bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
Sat Jan 24 14:29:44 EST 2004
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> Polycarp66 at aol.com wrote;
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> In a message dated 1/24/2004 2:06:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> vze2pn8x at verizon.net writes:
> Rom 14:10 PANTES GAR PARASTHSOMEQA TWi BHMATI TOU QEOU
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> Would you consider TWi BHMATI in Rom 14:10 a dative of place ("in" or
> "before" the judgment seat of God)?
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> Since the BHMA was (1) a podium used by officials in addressing groups and
> (2) by extension a judicial tribunal, I can't particularly conceive of its being
> used with the sense "in". Perhaps "at" or "before", but not "in". But this
> is perhaps a reflection of English usage more than that >of Greek.
According to Perschbacher in Refresh your Greek, it is a dative of place.
Bert de Haan
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