[B-Greek] 1 Corinthians 7:8-9

Elliot Poe Elliot.Poe at gmail.com
Thu Dec 7 21:47:39 EST 2006


Good point.  I guess it is a comparative clause within a simple 
condition, which might answer my question.  It could be read as follows:

EAN MENOUSIN hWS K'AGW [MENW] . . .

This would then leave us to fill in the blanks with the words you 
suggested: AGAMOS, XHROS, or MONOS.  I suppose this is where we leave 
grammar and go to the greater context, as you suggested.

Thanks,
Elliot Poe


George F Somsel wrote:

> 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
> _________
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Elliot Poe <Elliot.Poe at gmail.com>
> To: George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>
> Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2006 9:11:26 PM
> 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
> > _________
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > 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
> >
> > 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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