[B-Greek] Ephesians 1:3-4

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Fri Jul 28 14:39:06 EDT 2006


On Jul 28, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Joe Hightower wrote:

> I am wrestling with an issue involving the word kathos (KAQWS for  
> those who use the B-Greek system). There are several definitions  
> for this including 'just as', according to' or 'basis', which can  
> be applied. Wallace describes the use as either showing correlation  
> or cause. BAGD uses this as an example of cause.

Mr. Hightower,

RE: KAQWS in Ephesians 1:4

The functional categories used in semantic analysis are not air  
tight. In otherwords, a single word used in a single context may  
perform multiple functions. The problem is built into the system of  
categories and labels and we find it everywhere in student grammars  
as well as technical works on linguistics.

John Eadie on KAQWS in Eph. 1:4 "That connection is modal rather than  
causal; KAQWS, like KAQOTI may signify sometimes "because," but the  
cause specified involves the idea of manner."

The quote for Eadie illustrates the problem. Eadie first makes modal  
vs. causal a binary opposition "That connection is modal rather than  
causal" then he illustrates how this binary opposition breaks down  
"but the cause specified involves the idea of manner".


Elizabeth Kline







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