[B-Greek] Eph 1,11: EKLHRWQHMEN

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Nov 1 08:04:07 EST 2004


At 1:49 PM +0100 11/1/04, R.J.C. van Haaften wrote:
>By some, the word EKLHRWQHMEN is translated as
>obtained an inheritance, while others prefer
>made an inheritance. What are the arguments on
>both sides?

"made an inheritance" I haven't seen--at least not in English. The question
is whether EKLHRWQHMEN should be understood as passive "have been made
heirs" or middle "have acquired an inheritance." This is in fact the only
instance of KLHROW/KLHROUMAI in the GNT; the probability, in my judgment,
is that the -QH- form here represents the aorist middle. I think that the
middle usage is natural here--as with DECOMAI--and that the verb probably
ought to be lemmatized for the GNT as KLHROUMAI. You might want to look at
BDAG s.v. KLHROW.

TEXT:... EN hWi EKLHRWQHMEN PROORISQENTES KATA PROQESIN TOU TA PANTA
ENERGOUNTOS KATA THN BOULHN TOU QELHMATOS AUTOU ...
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
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