[B-Greek] 1 Corinthians 7:8-9
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 7 21:23:01 EST 2006
Comparative clause? How so? I think it is a simple condition "If X, then Y." Read the sentence as reorganized slightly omitting the bracketted section..
[LEGW DE TOIS AGAMOIS KAI TAIS XHRAIS] EAN MENOUSIN hWS K'AGW, KALOS AUTOIS.
george
gfsomsel
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Subject: Re: [B-Greek] 1 Corinthians 7:8-9
Thanks for your input, George. To follow up: why would nouns be
preferable over a verb? I assumed this was a comparative clause with
the verb omitted.
Thanks again,
Elliot Poe
George F Somsel wrote:
> Definitely not EGKRATEUOMAI. There are two options: AGAMOS and XHROS
> (uncommon masc form of XHRA). I would opt for AGAMOS.
>
> george
> gfsomsel
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> From: Elliot Poe <Elliot.Poe at gmail.com>
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2006 8:31:40 PM
> Subject: [B-Greek] 1 Corinthians 7:8-9
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> What do you think the ellipsis that results from hWS KAGW in the
> following quote refers to?
>
> LEGW DE TOIS AGAMOIS KAI TAIS CHRAIS, KALON AUTOIS EAN MEINWSIN hWS
> KAGW: EI DE OUK EGKRATEUONTAI . . .
>
> Many modern translations seem to fill the ellipsis with "unmarried," but
> this seems unsatisfactory to me (mainly because this is one of the two
> classes mentioned at the beginning of the verse). I think the ellipsis
> demands a verb. The most likely candidate appears to be the understood
> EIMI (an ellipsis in itself), but I am also wondering if the understood
> verb could be EGKRATEUOMAI.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Thanks,
> Elliot Poe
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