[B-Greek] John 3:29 hO hESTHKWS KAI AKOUWN

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Tue Dec 19 11:18:48 EST 2006


On Dec 19, 2006, at 8:01 AM, Richard Lindeman wrote:

> John 3:29  hO ECWN THN NUMFHN NUMFIOS ESTIN hO DE FILOS TOU NUMFIOU hO
> hESTHKWS KAI AKOUWN AUTOU CARAi CAIREI DIA THN FWNHN TOU NUMFIOU
>
> My particular interest is in the expression hO hESTHKWS KAI AKOUWN.
>
> Is this one substantive being encompassed by hO ?

Yes.

>   Is the perfect participle
> hESTHKWS essentially functioning as the equivalent of a present  
> participle
> here? Or is there a distinction to be made between the present and  
> perfect
> participles here?

hISTHMI verb aspect is used to mark transitive and intransitive  
forms. The Perfect Active is intransitive. See Smyth #819.

Elizabeth Kline







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