[B-Greek] pronoun for Pneuma

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Jun 19 08:17:50 EDT 2006


Except that (I think) hOU is more likely neuter than masculine. And I  
don't think I'd even say that KEFALHN is personalized.

On Jun 19, 2006, at 8:05 AM, George F Somsel wrote:

>       KAI OU KRATWN THN KEFALHN, EC hOU PAN TO SWMA DIA TWN AFWN  
> KAI . . .
>   No.  KEFALHN if fem and therefore already is "personalized."   
> That the masc would be used rather than the fem is, however,  
> interesting.
>
>   ___________
>
>
> Dan Parker <stoixein at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>   I do not know if constructio ad sensum has been
> discussed on the list in detail. I uncovered only a
> few posts in the archives.
>
> Dan Wallace lists Colossians 2:19 --
> êáé ïõv
> êñáôùí
> ôçí
> êåöáëçí
> åî ïõ -- KAI OUN KRATWN THN
> KEFALHN EZ OU -- in his article "Greek Grammar and the
> Personality of the Holy Spirit" published in BBR 13.1,
> 2003. He believes this is quite common and gives
> the following list in a footnote. (Cf., e.g., Matt.
> 25:32; Mk. 3:8; 5:41; Lk. 2:13; 10:13; 19:37; Jn.
> 1:12; 6:9; 17:2, 24; Acts 5:16; 8:5, 10; 9:15; 13:48;
> 14:4; 15:17; 25:24; 26:17; Rom. 2:14, 26; 4:9ff, 23f;
> Gal. 1:22f; 4:19; Eph. 2:11; 4:17f; Phil. 3:7; Col.
> 2:15; Phlm. 1:10; 1 Pet. 2:19; 2 Pet. 2:17; 2 Jn. 1:1;
> Jude 1:7, 12. For number shifts, cf. Matt 21:8; Mark
> 3:32; 5:24; Luke 5:29; 6:19; 8:40; John 6:2, 37; 7:49;
> 12:18; 17:2; Acts 6:7. Omitted from this list are the
> numerous examples in Revelation because it is hardly
> representative of the literary level and style of
> Greek found in the rest of the N.T)
>
> Would it be safe to say that in Colossian 2:19 the
> masculine personal pronoun is used of "head" to
> explicitly grammaticize personality?
>
> Dan Parker
>
>
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>
> george
> gfsomsel
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Carl W. Conrad
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