[B-Greek] John 7:53 Nominative singular of EKASTOS
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Sep 15 08:31:17 EDT 2004
At 12:59 PM +0100 9/15/04, D Jongkind wrote:
>As I received my own message back as simply a header , I'll try again.
>
>John 7:53
>KAI EPOREUQHSAN EKASTOS EIS TON OIKON AUTOU
>
>How should EKASTOS be taken here?
>a) Is it the subject of the plural noun EPOREUQHSAN, so that the whole
>consturction is one /ad sensum/?
>b) Is EKASTOS standing in apposition to an implied plural subject, along
>the lines of KAI EPOREUQHSAN AUTOI, EKASTOS ... ?
hEKASTOS is a 'distributive' pronoun: singular with plural verb. Says BDAG:
"The sg. is used w. pron. or verbs in the pl. (Hom. et al.; LXX; Jos.,
Bell. 6, 19) hUMIN hEKASTWi Rv 2:23; cp. 6:11. hINA SKORPISQHTE hEKASTOS J
16:32; cp. Mt 18:35; Lk 2:3 (Appian, Liby. 39 §164 ANEZEUGNUON hEKATERAAS
ES TO hAUTOU STRATOPEDON); Ac 11:29; Eph 4:25; Hb 8:11 (Jer 38:34); Rv 5:8;
20:13.-The pl. hEKASTOI is extremely rare ..."
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Carl W. Conrad
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