[B-Greek] Dative of FUSEI

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri May 5 06:52:08 EDT 2006


On May 4, 2006, at 11:36 PM, MAKARIOIOIPRAEIS at aol.com wrote:

> What kind of Dative is "FUSEI" as in Eph 2:3;
> ...KAI HMEQA TEKNA FUSEI ORGHS...
> sometimes the word is translated in a similar way "by nature" but  
> not in the
> Dative as in Rom 11:24 "the olive tree which is wild 'by nature'..."
>
> Richard Windisch

I would think this is an "adverbial dative" or dative of "manner":  
"naturally" clarifying in what respect HMEQA TEKNA ORGHS: we were  
"born" that way and only a miracle could make us otherwise.


Carl W. Conrad
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