Re: [B-Greek] PROÏDOUSA (Gal. 3:8)

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Tue Dec 13 05:52:02 EST 2005


On Dec 13, 2005, at 5:24 AM, A. J. Birch wrote:

> Martin Möller asked about PROÏDOUSA, in Galatians 3:8 ('PROÏDOUSA  
> DE hH GRAFH...')
>
> It is indeed the nominative singular feminine aorist (2)  
> participle, but of PROORAW. The masculine equivalent is in Acts  
> 2:31 (PROÏDWN). I think I'm right in saying that this is one of  
> those verbs that often present an aorist form but with a present  
> meaning.

Not so (it is true of the perfects OIDA and hESTHKA that they have a  
present sense); the aorist participle IDWN/IDOUSA/IDON functions just  
like any other aorist participle; recall too that, although the  
aorist participle in narrative often -- perhaps generally --  
indicates action prior to that of the primary verb, it really does  
not have tense so much as aspect; so you could convey it here in Gal  
3:8 as "having foreseen" or "inasmuch as it foresaw".


Carl W. Conrad
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