[B-Greek] Heb 4:3 KAITOI

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Tue Feb 14 21:23:48 EST 2006


On Feb 14, 2006, at 8:19 PM, Oun Kwon wrote:

> Heb 4:3  KAITOI TWN ERGWN APO KATABOLHS KOSMOU GENHQENTWN
>
> How are ERGWN and GENHQENTWN related (grammar/syntax)?  Why are they
> in genitive? Does the rare word KAITOI need genitive?

ERGWN ... GENHQENTWN is a genitive absolute; KAITOI (roughly "even  
though ..." or "despite the fact that ..."); the genitive absolute  
serves to yield the subject and verb of an adverbial clause  
qualifying the the main clause (prior to the LXX citation): " ...  
despite the fact that the works (of creation) have been completed  
ever since the creation of the world."

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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