[B-Greek] FW: EN hWi: Heb. 2:18

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Fri May 11 04:43:49 EDT 2007


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Webb" <webb at selftest.net>
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] FW: EN hWi: Heb. 2:18

>I see that Zerwick-Grosvenor takes EN hWi similarly to the way Lattimore and
> I have, saying, "EN hWi in that, because, EN causal, Rom. 8:3 para. 119",
> referencing Zerwick, Biblical Greek, English edn (Rome: SPIB, 1963), p. 40,
> in which it says, referring to Heb. 2:18, 
> 
> --Unless this usage be taken into account, how is one to understand Paul
> when he says, of the hope of resurrection, Acts 24,16: EN TOUTWi (=
> 'therefore') KAI AUTOS ASKW APROSKOPON SUNEIDHSIN ECEIN..., or Rom. 8,3 TO
> GAR ADUNATON TOU NOMOU EN hWi HSQENEI DIA THS SARKOS, where the only
> reasonable sense for EN hWi is 'in that' = 'because'.
> 

BAGD under EN, sense 6 has:

d. causal: because [Rom] 8:3; Hb 2:18; 6:17.

Iver Larsen




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