[B-Greek] 1Co 7:25 unmarried persons or virgins

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Fri Oct 6 08:46:22 EDT 2006


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George F Somsel" <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>
To: "Oun Kwon" <kwonbbl at gmail.com>; "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 5:47 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] 1Co 7:25 unmarried persons or virgins


> There actually is a difference, however, the difference is not in the word itself but in the article or adjective
> which modifies it.  It is hH PARQENOS for a female and hO PARQENOS for a male.  The only passage in the NT which uses
> the masculine form (Re 14.4) does not have an article or an adjective to reveal this.

Actually, PARQENOI in Rev 14:4 is not the "masculine form" nor is PARQENWN in 1 Cor 7:25 grammatically feminine. The
word is neutral in terms of gender.  In the absence of a gender specific article, participle or adjective, only the
context can tell whether a masculine, feminine or neutral reference is intended.

Iver Larsen

>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Oun Kwon <kwonbbl at gmail.com>
> To: B Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 6, 2006 12:34:20 AM
> Subject: [B-Greek] 1Co 7:25 unmarried persons or virgins
>
>
> 1 Co 7:25 PERI DE TWN PARQENWN
>
> This PARQENWN is grammatically feminine. In the context it would be
> either unmarried girls or unmarried persons (men or women).  In Rev
> 14:4 the same word  (pl. fem.) is used, but in the context obviously
> it is meant 'unmarried male persons'.
>
> Does the word mean both women as well as men, unmarried ?  Is there a
> corresponding different word for 'unmarried men' in Gk?
>
> Oun Kwon.




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