[B-Greek] Rom 8:10 TO DE PNEUMA ZWH
Nikolaos Adamou
nikolaos.adamou at hotmail.com
Mon Oct 20 12:19:24 EDT 2008
1. To my knowledge, ζωόν appears in Homer BUT not in NT.
If there is in use during NT Greek, I have not seen it, and I would appreciate if you can help me find out more about it.
2. I never implied that δικαιοσύνη modifies ζωή. The use of διὰ (because) does not modify but indicates purpose / reason.
The initial question was if the translation as "alive" and not "life" is appropriate; it is NOT.
The secondary question was if the meaning of πνεῦμα refers to the Holy Spirit, and in this instance, it is NOT.
Yes, transcripts did not have lower case letters, not commas, semicolons, question marks, etc.
But, today's printed Greek versions of the NT do. Among the available versions, there is large variability
in all those. There relative importance is both for the voice as well as the syntax.
Among all the printed NT Greek versions, the one used by the Orthodox Church makes more sense.
Also the use of capitalization for God, Spirit etc is very specific.
Capitalization is used whenever we have a new paragraph.
It is much more important if one focuses in paragraph and sentence
structures and not in verses because you get the meaning in a clear way.
You are correct about the use of the term "agreement" in English. Greek texts use the term συμφωνία in more general terms.
Nikolaos Adamou, Ph.D. ἀναπλ. καθ. Νικόλαος 'ΑδάμουAssociate Professor of Business Management Διοίκηση Ἐπιχειρήσεων
BMCC / CUNY Πανεπιστήμιο Πόλεως Νέας Ὑόρκης, Κολλέγιο Μανχάτταν
> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:20:25 -0400
> From: nebarry at verizon.net
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> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Rom 8:10 TO DE PNEUMA ZWH
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> > There is not Greek Word as ZWOS.
> > There is a Greek Word ZWON but ζώον=annimal.
>
> Of course there is, just check out LSJ. You are making the mistake of
> letting modern, or at least later, Greek influence your understanding of
> ancient. ζώον (ZWON) as a substantive may refer to animals, but the
> adjective certainly existed in ancient Greek.
>
> > It is correct
> > and there is an agreement
> > ζωὴ διὰ δικαιοσύνην
>
> If you mean that ZWH modifies DIKAIOSUNHN, that is incorrect.
>
> > but the spirit is life because of righteousness
> >
> > πνεῦμα and ζωὴ are in a syntactical agreement, since both are in
> > nominative.
>
> Right -- ζωὴ (ZWH) is a predicate nominative. However, usually the term
> "agreement" is reserved for adjectives, pronouns, and participles.
>
> N.E. Barry Hofstetter
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