[B-Greek] Hebrews @:16 AFFELWN Genitive

George F. Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Sun Jun 13 19:14:10 EDT 2004


On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:30:14 +1200 "Eddie Van Gent" <vangent at xtra.co.nz>
writes:
> Greetings All,
> 
> The statement in Hebrews 2:16 uses the genitive for angels.
> 
> OU FAR DHPOU AGGELWN EPILAMBAVTAI
> 
> 
> There are a number of thoughts on the use of the genitive here, as 
> is
> obvious from the various English translations.
> I am wondering why the genitive is used, instead of the dative. Does 
> anyone
> have any suggestions on this?
> 
_____________

The gen is regularly used with EPILAMBANOMAI.  See LXX Sirach 4.11

hH SOFIA hUIOS AUTHS ANUYWSEN KAI EPILABANETAI TWN ZHTOUNTWN AUTHN

Wisdom exalts her children and helps those who seek her.

gfsomsel 



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