[B-Greek] 1John 2:18
Arie Dirkzwager
dirkzwager at pandora.be
Wed Sep 1 13:55:14 EDT 2004
Dony,
GEGONASIN (first singular GEGONA) is the perfect of GINOMAI "to come into
existence ". It is also used as the perfect of EIMI "to be".
So I would not use "have become" as a translation. "Have been" is possible.
"Have come" can be seen as a free translation of "have come into existence".
In Hb 12: 8 we have the combination METOCOI GEGONASIN "they have got".
Arie
Dr. A. Dirkzwager
Hoeselt, Belgium
e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be
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Van: "Dony K. Donev" <dony at cupandcross.com>
Aan: <B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Verzonden: woensdag 1 september 2004 18:04
Onderwerp: [B-Greek] 1John 2:18
Would rendering of GEGONASIN in 1 John 2:18 as "have become" rather than
"have been" or "have come" be appropriate? I draw the question from the only
other occasion of this form I found in the NT in Heb. 12:8.
Thanks.
Dony K. Donev
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