[B-Greek] ONTAS NEKROUS

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Sat Sep 3 11:49:08 EDT 2005


On Sep 3, 2005, at 11:44 AM, Mitch Larramore wrote:

> Col 2:13
>
> KAI hUMAS NEKROUS ONTAS TOIS PARAPTWMASIN
>
> How does this participle ONTAS function here? Does it
> make NEKROUS the Predicate Adjective to hUMAS?

Yes. "and you who were dead in/by/because of (your) sins ..."


Carl W. Conrad
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