[B-Greek] Philippians 3:10 TOU GNWNAI AUTON
George F. Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Sat Jun 26 18:29:08 EDT 2004
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 09:52:11 +1200 "Eddie Van Gent" <vangent at xtra.co.nz>
writes:
> Hello,
>
>
> TOU GNWNAI AUTON Philippians 3:10
> aor inf gen (listed as genitive by Friberg)
>
> I am trying to fathom why the article in the genitive, TOU, is used
> instead
> of EIS or INA and what meaning is brought out as a result.
> Also, an infinitive followed by a pronoun in the accusative is often
> the
> subject of the infinitive elsewhere in the NT.
>
> Has anyone some ideas on this with related proofs?
>
> Regards
> Eddie Van Gent
> New Zealand
>
___________
This is known as the genitive of the articular infinitive and is used to
(among other things) express purpose. See Smyth, _Greek Grammar_, §§
2025-2030 on the articular infinitive in general and §§ 2032 on the
genitive.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0
007&layout=&loc=2025
gfsomsel
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