[B-Greek] Jn 1:47 - ALHQWS = 'true'??

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 13 16:00:59 EDT 2006


in attributive relation w. substantives (Pla., Phd. 129e EKEINOS ESTIN hO ALHQWS OURANOS; Plut., Mor. 352c; SIG 834, 6; Ruth 3:12 ALHQWS AGXISTEUS EGW EIMI; 4 Macc 11:23; Jos., Ant. 9, 256 hO A. QEOS) IDE A. ISRAHLITHS here is a real Israelite (lit. ‘really an Is.’) J 1:47        
  Arndt, W., Danker, F. W., & Bauer, W. (2000). A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature. "Based on Walter Bauer's Griechisch-deutsches Wr̲terbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments und der frhchristlichen [sic] Literatur, sixth edition, ed. Kurt Aland and Barbara Aland, with Viktor Reichmann and on previous English editions by W.F. Arndt, F.W. Gingrich, and F.W. Danker." (3rd ed.) (44). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.




Webb <webb at selftest.net> wrote:  I don't get why most of my translations make Jn 1:47 say that Nathaniel is a
"true Israelite". The only verb I see to go with the adverb ALHQWS is (OUK)
ESTIN, whose subject is DOLOS. Agreeing with NRSV, I would have rendered the
statement, "Look! An Israelite who truly has no dishonesty in him!" 



If I'm missing a nuance of how adverbs can function, can someone give me
some examples of similar statements to help me get a feel for it?



Webb Mealy



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