[B-Greek] Eph 6:17 hO and gender agreement

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Feb 3 15:06:36 EST 2007


On Feb 3, 2007, at 12:17 PM, Oun Kwon wrote:

> Please help me on few questions for Eph 6:17
>
> KAI THN PERIKEFALAIAN TOU SWTHRIOU DEXASQE
> KAI THN MACAIRAN TOU PNEUMATOS
> hO ESTIN hRHMA QEOU
>
> Does hO (neut.) take PNEUMATOS in gender agreement or does it somehow
> take inclusively both 'helmet of the salvation' and 'sword of the
> spirit' without considering gender agreement?

In my view the hO\ as neuter relative either (a) refers to the whole  
idea of THN MACAIRAN TOU PNEUMATOS, or (b) (more likely?) is  
attracted into the case of the predicate noun hRHMA.

> Anything special about the position of the verb DEXASQE being between
> two objects?

I don't think so; I'd say that the second object is simply appended  
as a second object of a verb in a clause that's already complete;  
that's not at all uncommon.

Carl W. Conrad
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