[B-Greek] Translation of EN TWi NAWi AUTOU
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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.
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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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