[B-Greek] Use of genitive after hOMOIWMA
Kevin W. Woodruff
cierpke at prodigy.net
Sat Oct 9 15:46:34 EDT 2004
Lincoln:
Certain noun, adjectives and adverbs require a
Genitive complement to complete the idea of the noun.
Wallace talks about this on page 135 of his grammar
Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics
3. Genitive After Certain Nouns
a. Definition
A genitive substantive may rarely occur after certain
nouns whose lexical nature requires a genitive. The
genitive in such instances will not fit into one of
the standard genitive categories.
Kevin
Lincoln Mullen <lmullen at bju.edu> wrote:
> What is the use of the genitive after the noun
> hOMOIWMA? For example, Rom.
> 5:5, "GEGONAMEN Twi hOMOIWMATI TOU QANATOU AUTOU."
> Some other examples
> include Rom. 1:23; 5:14; 6:5; 8:3; Phil. 2:7; Rev.
> 9:7. To say that it is a
> subjective genitive is the best that I can think of.
>
> Lincoln Mullen
>
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