[B-Greek] hO/ in 1 John

bertdehaan at sympatico.ca bertdehaan at sympatico.ca
Sun Mar 20 19:55:45 EST 2005


The first part of 1 John 2:8 reads PALIN ENTOLHN KAINHN GRAFW hUMIN, hO/ ESTIN ALHQEJ EN AUTWi KAI EN hUMIN,...
I don't understand what the antecedent of hO/ is.
The translations seem to take ENTOLH as antecedent but that is a feminine noun and hO/ is neuter. 
Is there an implied antecedent so that it means 'the thing is true in him and in you'? 
BTW first I took the accent of hO/ to be from ESTIN so I tried to translate it as 'he'.
Is there anyway hO before an enclitic can be distinguished from hO/ besides context?
Thank you.
Bert de Haan.
Arthur Ontario





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