[B-Greek] Use of Accusative case
John M. Linebarger
jmlineb at comcast.net
Sun Aug 19 11:34:13 EDT 2007
Please forgive what may seem like an obvious grammatical issue, but I'm just starting to teach an Elementary Greek class at our church and I need to have an explanation for my students. I'm trying to lighten the class up by singing songs on Bill Mounce's Web site, and I love the Doxology in Greek. (I'm a former student of J.I. Packer at Regent College, and he always started his class this way, so it brings back great memories.) The Doxology in Greek can be found at:
http://www.teknia.com/public/pdf/Doxologia.pdf
My question is the accusative case that starts the doxology off: TON THEON W DOXAZETE. Why is it in the accusative case instead of in the nominative case, especially since the relative pronoun appears to be in the dative case? I've scoured the usual grammars without success.
Also, is this a reasonable working translation:
God, whom we glorify
The creatures which you have made delight in [your] gift
Father, Son, and Spirit, Amen.
Many thanks! Eulogetoi!
John M. Linebarger
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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