[B-Greek] Matthew 14:6 dative noun and participle.

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Mon Feb 6 20:00:29 EST 2006


On Feb 6, 2006, at 7:37 PM, Bert de Haan wrote:

> Matthew 14:6  GENESIOIS DE GENOMENOIS TOU hHRWDOU WRCHSATO hH  
> QUGATHR THS
> hHRWDIADOS EN TWi MESWi...
> Judging from a recent discussion I may assume that GENESIOIS   
> GENOMENOIS is
> not a dative absolute.  I found some information about this verse  
> in the
> archives but I would like some more clarification.
> If GENESIOIS is dative of time -at the birthay(party)-, is GENOMENOIS
> considered an adjective to GENESIOIS, so that we could understand  
> it to be
> -at the occuring birthday(party)-?

How about "at the birthday party when it took place"?


Carl W. Conrad
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