[B-Greek] Translation of EN TWi NAWi AUTOU

kgraham0938 at comcast.net kgraham0938 at comcast.net
Mon Aug 21 20:21:56 EDT 2006


Off the top of my head the only place that I can think of where EN + Dative can equal "at " as opposed to "in" would be those places where it talks about Christ sitting at the right side of God. Eph 1:20

....KAI KAQISAS EN DEXIAi AUTOU EN TOIS EPOURANIOIS 

But I think for the most part when it is talking about a place, it's usually translated as "in" or "among."  So I guess you could get away with it.
--
Kelton Graham 
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From: David Kuhn <ddpk at swbell.net> 

> First, let me apologize to the group for my previous posts. I have received 
> correction via e-mail for both my faulty transliteration of the Greek as well as 
> entering a "screen name" that does not apply to the B-Greek List. These are my 
> first posts to this List and any doubt that I am a novice must surely be removed 
> by now! My sincere apologies to all. 
> 
> I have a very simple--perhaps even ignorant question. In various NT passages 
> we have the English translation "in the temple." Regardless if the NAOS or 
> HIERON is being referred to my question is can this expression, such as found at 
> Revelation 7:15, be rendered "at the temple" instead of "in the temple"? 
> 
> At Revelation 7:15 the clause is "EN TWi NAWi AUTOU" which is either rendered 
> "in his temple" or "in his sanctuary" depending on the translation being used. 
> 
> My question is based on the fact that in English it is quite natural to use 
> the word "at" in this case rather then "in." Thus an english speaker would more 
> naturally say "I was at church" rather then "I was in church." 
> 
> This is not a theological question but simply a grammatical one for a paper I 
> am writing. I am not attempting to debate the differences in NAOS and HIERON 
> but simply seeking to know if there is any grammatical reason why the English 
> word "at" could not be used as an appropriate translation of the Greek 
> preposition EN in the phrase EN TWi NAWi AUTOU. 
> 
> Again, I would like to apologize for my previous erroneous posts. In the 
> future I will be far more careful. 
> 
> Sincere thanks in advance, 
> 
> David Kuhn 
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