[B-Greek] same noun to noun relationships
lance w seevers
lws39 at juno.com
Sat Nov 13 20:02:01 EST 2004
Two other places that use a similar construction are II Corinthians 3:18
and Romans 1:17 but with APO followed by EIS.
HMEIS DE PANTES AVEKEKALUMMEVW PROSWPW THN DOKSAN KUPIOU KATOPTRIZOMENOI
THN AUTHN EIKONA METAMORFOUMEQA APO DOKSHS EIS DOKSAN
and
DIKAIOSUNH GAR QEOU EN AUTW APOKALUPTETAI EK PISTEWS EIS PISTIN
Is it possible there is a similar meaning as to the superlative usage?
Walt Seevers
Missoula Montana
On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 06:34:11 -0500 "Carl W. Conrad"
<cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu> writes:
> Then a favorite of Paul, in addition to that EIS TOUS AIWNAS, is EIS
> TOUS
> AIWNAS TWN AIWNWN (Gal 1:5, Phil 4:20, 1 Tim 1:17, 2 Tim 4:18). I
> was told
> once that the use of the genitive of a noun attached to the same
> noun was a
> way of superlativizing the noun: BASILEUS TWN BASILEWN = "king
> without
> par," NOHSIS NOHSEWS = pure intellection.
> --
>
> Carl W. Conrad
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