[B-Greek] MONON EN KURIW Only in the Lord 1 Cor. 7:39
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at ioa.com
Sat Feb 18 06:10:13 EST 2006
On Feb 17, 2006, at 9:04 PM, RRedden604 at aol.com wrote:
> I would like to hear everyone's understanding of the phrase: MONON
> EN KURIW
> in 1 Cor. 7:39.
>
> What is the grammatical construction? Does it function as an
> adjective
> modifying hW QELEI "whom she wishes" and thus specifically limit
> the persons whom
> she is free to marry to those who are EN KURIW? Or does it
> function as an
> adverb modifying GAMHQHNAI and limit the manner of the marriage so
> that the
> marriage must take place EN KURIW?
Let's get the fuller context: GUNH DEDETAI EF hOSON CRONON ZHi hO
ANHR AUTHS; EAN DE KOIMHQHi hO ANHR, ELEUQERA ESTIN hW QELEI
GAMHQHNAI MONON EN KURIWi
In this instance the phrase MONON EN KURIWi must surely be adverbial:
there's no noun or substantive to which it is attached, even if you
read hWi QELEI as "to the man of her chooosing." I think that the
phrase must be understood as qualifying GAMHQHNAI (which, by the way,
is another instance of the -QH- "passive" form assuming the semantic
force of the older middle GAMEISQAI.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
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