[B-Greek] plural ISA
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sun Jun 19 06:23:19 EDT 2005
I've always thought ISA here was a neuter plural accusative used
adverbially, and that seems to be what BDAG says (and also that it's
not uncommon):
The neut. pl. ISA (like the neut. sing. ISON; TestAbr A 1 p. 77, 8
[Stone p. 2]) functions as an adv. (Hom. et al.; Diod. S. 1, 89, 1;
Wsd 7:3) w. dat. (Demosth. 19, 314; oft. Philostrat. [Schmid IV 48];
Himerius, Or. 20, 4 W. ISA POIHTAIS; PTebt 278, 33 [I AD]; Job 11:12;
30:19) ISA EINAI TINI be equal with someone Phil 2:6 (=PEg3 86f;
ἴσα εἶναι as Thu. 3, 14, 1; ISA QEWi as Dionys. Byz. §24 p.
12, 14; §41 p. 17, 12; Himerius, Or. [Ecl.] 3, 20; s. W-S. §28, 3; B-
D-F §434, 1
On Jun 18, 2005, at 10:30 PM, Eddie Mishoe wrote:
> Phil 2.6
> hOS EN MORFHi QEOU hUPARCWN OUC hARPAGMON hHGHSATO TO
> EINAI ISA QEWi
>
> Any thoughts on the plural adjective ISA? Is this
> "plural" a common idiom?
Carl W. Conrad
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