[B-Greek] Re: Dative of Place

bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
Sat Jan 24 14:29:44 EST 2004


> 
>  Polycarp66 at aol.com  wrote;
>  
> 
> 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
> 
> Would you consider TWi BHMATI in Rom 14:10 a dative of place ("in" or
> "before" the judgment seat of God)?
> __________
> 
> 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
 




More information about the B-Greek mailing list