[B-Greek] Postpositive preposition
Jon Boyd
boyd at huxcomm.net
Mon May 24 14:17:52 EDT 2004
Carl,
I can think of one other preposition that may be considered postpositive, in
that its object often precedes it.
CARIN (acc. of CARIS), used as a preposition (Lk. 7:47; Gal. 3:19; Eph. 3:1,
14; 1 Tim. 5:14; Tit. 1:5, 11; 1 Jn. 3:12; Jude 1:16).
Jonathan Boyd
Huxley, IA
www.BoydHome.com
>Thanks, Carl.
>
>Is hENEKA the only preposition you know of that does this?
>
>As you mentioned, BDAG suggests TINOS hENEKA is an idiom for 'why?'
Actually, it's simply glossed as "why"--it's not indicated as an idiom as
such. I know of no other "postpositions" in the GNT; I mentioned this one
only to inject a 'diachronic; note into what seemed to me too absolute a
'synchronic' assertion. It's sometimes argued that the elements in such
expressions as KAQ' hOLOU and KATA MEROS in the sense of "generally" and
"partially" respectively are not thought of as distinct elements; I know
that ultimately such items do fuse together, but I submit that people who
use "on the whole" for "generally" in English are (generally) well enough
aware of what each word in the phrase "on-the-whole' means. I don't think
this is really worth arguing about, since obviously reasonable arguments can
be advanced on both sides of the issue.
--
Carl W. Conrad
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