[B-Greek] 1 Peter 3:2 EN FOBWi
A. Philip Brown II
pbrown at GBS.EDU
Tue May 18 11:32:53 EDT 2004
Thank you, Carlton.
FWIW, this construction appears to occur only one other time in the NT (Tit.
1:9). I was able to find a couple instances of it in 2 Maccabees, none in
the cannonical LXX, and none in Josephus (those that matched syntactical did
not match semantically; e.g., Jewish Wars 2:198). Overall, however, it does
appear to be a bit unusual.
TITUS 1:9 ANTECOMENON TOU KATA THN DIDACHN PISTOU LOGOU hINA DUNATOS Hi KAI
PARAKALEIN EN THi DIDASKALIAi THi hUGIAINOUSHi KAI TOUS ANTILEGONTAS
ELEGCEIN.
holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching. . .
2 MACCABEES 4:14 WhSTE MHKETI PERI TAS TOU QUSIASTHRIOU LEITOURGIAS
PROQUMOUS EINAI TOUS hIEREIS ALLA TOU MEN NEW KATAFRONOUNTES KAI TWN QUSIWN
AMELOUNTES ***ESPEUDON METECEIN THS EN PALAISTRHi PARANOMOU CORHGIAS*** META
THN TOU DISKOU PROSKLHSIN
. . . they were hastening to participate in the unlawful spectacle in the
wrestling arena
2 MACCABEES 6:23 hO DE LOGISMON ASTEION ANALABWN KAI AXION THS hHLIKIAS KAI
THS TOU GHRWS hUPEROCHS KAI THS EPIKTHTOU KAI EPIFANOUS POLIAS KAI ***THS EK
PAIDOS KALLISTHS ANASTROFHS*** MALLON DE THS hAGIAS KAI QEOKTISTOU
NOMOQESIAS AKOLOUQWS APEFHNATO TACEWS LEGWN PROPEMPEIN EIS TON hAiDHN
. . . and his excellent life from childhood . . .
Philip Brown
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>
>
> In a message dated 5/17/2004 3:39:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> pbrown at GBS.EDU writes:
>
> > Chairein,
> >
> > 1 Peter 3:2 reads, "EPOPTEUSANTES THN EN FOBWi hAGNHN ANASTROFHN hUMWN."
> >
> > I'm wondering about the phrase EN FOBWi. It seems to function almost
> > adverbially--modifying hAGNHN. This would yield a translation along the
> > lines of "your reverently chaste lifestyle."
> >
> > Most English translations, however, place the ideas hAGNHN and FOBWi
> > coordinately. For example:
> > ESV respectful and pure conduct.
> > NASB chaste and respectful behavior.
> > ISV pure and reverent lives.
> > NIV purity and reverence
> >
> > Does this syntax communicate coordinate ideas? Or is it an
> > adverbial phrase?
> > or something else?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Philip Brown
> > Cincinnati, OH
> The construction here is very simple. The article THN followed by
> ANASTROFHN includes both the adjective and the prep. phrase. In
> that situation both elements modifie the head noun. Hence the
> manner of life (ANASTROFHN) is both "pure" and "in reverence."
>
> Carlton Winbery
> Louisiana College
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