[B-Greek] 1 Thess. 5:27: "TON KURION"

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Feb 25 13:39:10 EST 2009


On Feb 25, 2009, at 1:22 PM, A. J. Birch wrote:

> "ENORKIZW hUMAS TON KURION ANAGNWSQHNAI THN EPISTOLHN PASIN TOIS  
> ADELFOIS" (1st Thessalonians 5:27).
>
> Is "TON KURION" here what is sometimes called the 'accusative of  
> respect' - 'with respect to the Lord' - or is this just the way  
> "ENORKIZW" and "hORKIZW" (cf. Mark 5:7; Acts 19:13) 'work'?

Yes, it is. Here's BDAG:
ἐνορκίζω [ENORKIZW]1 aor. ἐνώρκισα [ENWRKISA] 2  
Esdr 23:25 cod. A (act. CIG IV, 9288, 6; IG XII/3, 1238, 7; MAMA III,  
77, 1) to put someone under oath, adjure, cause someone (τινά  
[TINA]) to swear τι by someth. w. acc. and inf. foll. ὑμᾶς  
τὸν κύριον [hUMAS TON KURION] you by the Lord 1 Th 5:27 (B-D- 
F §149; 155, 7; 392, 1d; Rob. 484; 1085).—DELG s.v. ὅρκος. M- 
M. TW.

Plain old hORIKIZW, however, appears to take an accusative of the  
person adjured and a KATA + genitive of the one adjured by.

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






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