[B-Greek] Rom. 13:10a

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed May 30 02:58:59 EDT 2007


On May 30, 2007, at 2:18 AM, A. J. Birch wrote:

> Rom. 13:10a: "hH AGAPH TWi PLHSION KAKON OUK ERGAZETAI."
>
> Why "PLHSION"? I would have expected "PLHSIWi". Is this a  
> substantive use of
> the preposition, as opposed to the noun as such?

It's because the expression hO PLHSION is a substantive formed by  
using the
article with an adverb, like hOI TOTE, "the people at that time" or  
hOI NUN,
"people nowadays." hO PLHSION literally is "the one (who is) nearby."

Carl W. Conrad
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