[B-Greek] KHFA, KHFAS, KHFAV

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Wed Aug 24 13:27:17 EDT 2005


On Aug 24, 2005, at 11:48 AM, Richard Richmond wrote:

> This term seems to me to be following Greek declension
> pattern just as if it were a Greek noun.
>

Apparently you mean "KHFAN" (we don't use "V" for Nu); the problem is:

  (a) the word KHFHN, "drone," is 3rd declension and takes the forms  
KHFHN, KHFHNOS, KHFHNI, KHFHNA. Now we do find an accusative form  
KHFA=N in Gal. 1:18 and we find the dative form KHFAi in 1 Cor 15:5  
and Gal 2:14; and

(b) the Hellenized first-declension noun long-a-stem noun never takes  
the form KHFHN in the accusative. Nor is there any reason whatsoever  
why we shoud understand the accusative form KHFAN as a special Doric  
dialect form of an Ionic or Koine nominative singular form KHFHN.


Carl W. Conrad
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