[B-Greek] ZHN in Phil. 1:21
George F Somsel
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Fri Sep 22 12:05:13 EDT 2006
Old A.T. comes in handy. When others pass over a point, he usually mentions it
Verbs in –AW. The confusion with verbs in –EW is already seen in the Ionic (Herodotus). The LXX in general preserves the distinction between –AW and –EW verbs, but אAB occasionally have the confusion (Thackeray, Gr., p. 241). In the modern Greek the blending is complete. One conjugation is made up, some forms from –AW, some from –EW (Thumb, Handb., p. 169 f.). The N. T. MSS. vary. W. H. receive HRWTOUN in Mt. 15:23 (אBCD), but HRWTWN in Mk. 4:10 though –OUN is here supported by אC and by single MSS. elsewhere. Hatzidakis (Einl. in d. Neug., p. 128 f.) considers HRWTOUN due to Ionic influence. In Mt. 6:28 we have KOPIOUSIN in B 33, but W. H. reject it, as they do NIKOUNTI in Rev. 2:7, 17; 15:2, and KATEGELOUN (Lu. 8:53). In Mk. 14:5 W. H. read ENEBRIMWNTO (אC –οῦντο) and in Jo. 11:38 ἐμβριμώμενος (אA –OUMENOS). So there is a variation as to HTTWNTAI (2 Pet. 2:20) from HTTAOMAI and HSSWQHTE (2 Cor. 12:13) from ESSOW after the
analogy of ELASSOW. W. H. print ZHiN (Ro. 8:12). This is a matter of much dispute with the editors, but it is more than doubtful if W. H. are correct. On the other side see Winer-Schmiedel and Moulton. But both ZAW (Ro. 8:12) and XRAOMAI (1 Tim. 1:8) have the H contraction rather than A (–HW verbs, Moulton, Prol., p. 54). In Ro. 7:9 B even has EZHN for EZWN. But the KOINH uses XRASQAI, though not in the N. T. Paul has XRHTAI (pres. subj.) in 1 Tim. 1:8. Elsewhere also the A forms prevail in the KOINH as in DIYAN and PEINAN. So PEINAi (1 Cor. 11:21), PEINAN (Ph. 4:12), DIYAi (Ro. 12:20) as subjunctive (so PEINAi same verse). The LXX keeps Attic ZHN and XRHSQAI, but DIYAN and PEINAN (Thackeray, Gr., p. 242).
Robertson, A. (1919; 2006). A Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the Light of Historical Research (p 341). Logos.
george
gfsomsel
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Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 10:59:00 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] ZHN in Phil. 1:21
To All,
In "Essentials of New Testament Greek" by Summers and Sawyer 2ed. They
give 3. EMOI GAR TO ZHN CRISTOS KAI TO APOQANEIN KERDOS(gain)
(Phillipp. 1:21) in section 26.7 to be translated but do not explain
how ZAW is contracted to ZHN. Would anyone like to explain how this
contraction takes place? We would normally expect ZA- + -EIN to
contract to ZAiN.
God Bless,
Harry Jones
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