[B-Greek] I Cor 14.2 QEWi

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Nov 7 06:30:47 EST 2007


On Nov 7, 2007, at 5:50 AM, Mitch Larramore wrote:

> hO GAR LALWN GLWSSHi OUK ANQRWPOIS LALEI ALLA QEWi
> OUDEIS GAR AKOUEI PNEUMATI DE LALEI MUSTHRIA
>
> My question is the anarthrous QEWi. What is the rule
> for anarthrous nouns in this structure? (Is it God,
> the God, a god, a God?)

"rule"? What rule?

According to BDAG:
	3. God in Israelite/Christian monotheistic perspective, God the  
predom. use, somet. with, somet. without the art.
Then in 3.a. and 3.b. respectively are listed numerous instances of  
QEOS with the article and of QEOS without the article.

My impression is that QEOS has become a proper noun in Judaic usage;  
proper nouns in ancient Greek quite commonly do take an article, but  
they are not uncommonly found without any article.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Ret)




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