[B-Greek] Ephesians 5:33
George F Somsel
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Sun Jan 11 09:35:55 EST 2009
I think you encounter a problem here in that DE interrupts the two clauses. I seems more likely that what we have is an example of BDAG's entry regarding its usage with the subjunctive as a means of expressing a command.
ⓖἵνα[hINA] w. subjunctive as a periphrasis for the impv.(B-D-F§387, 3; Mlt.178; 210f; 248; Rob.994; Mlt-Turner94f; FSlotty, D. Gebr. des Konj. u. Opt. in d. griech. Dialekten I 1915, 35; CCadoux, The Impv. Use of ἵνα[hINA] in the NT: JTS42, ’41, 165–73; in reply HMeecham, JTS43, ’42, 179f, also ET52, ’40/41, 437; AGeorge, JTS45, ’44, 56–60. Goodsp., Probs.57f.—Soph., Oed. Col. 155; Epict. 4, 1, 41, Enchir. 17; PTebt408, 17 [3 a.d.]; BGU1079, 20; PFay112, 12; POxy299, 5 ἵνʼ εἰδῇς[hIN' EIDHiS] ‘know’; PGM4, 2135; Tob 8:12BA; 2 Macc 1:9. ἵνα πρὶν τούτων ἴδητε τὴν ἀπώλειαν τῶν υἱῶν[hINA PRIN TOUTWN IDHTE THN APWLEIAN TWN hUIWN] ‘before these events, you shall behold the destruction of your sons’ En14:6. κύριε, ἵνα γινώσκῃ τὸ σὸν κράτος ὅτι[KURIE hINA GINWSKHi TO SON KRATOS hOTI] ‘Lord, may you in your majesty know, that …’ TestAbrA
4 p. 80, 35f [Stone pp.8 and 10]). ἵνα ἐπιθῇς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῇ[hINA EPIQHiS TAS XEIRAS AUTHi] please lay your hands on herMk 5:23.ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἵνα φοβῆται τ. ἄνδρα[hH DE GUNH hINA FOBHTAI T. ANDRA] the wife is to respect her husbandEph 5:33.Cp. Mt 20:33; Mk 10:51; 1 Cor 7:29; 16:16; 2 Cor 8:7; Gal 2:10.ἵνα ἀναπαήσονται[hINA ANAPAHSONTAI] let them restRv 14:13.W. θέλω [QELW]: θέλω ἵνα δῷς[QELW hINA DWiS] Mk 6:25(=δός[=DOS] Mt 14:8.).—On Mk 2:10s. 1f above.
Arndt, W., Danker, F. W., & Bauer, W. (2000). A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature. (3rd ed.) (476). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Note that one of the citations here is precisely your passage.
(3) Questions with οὐ[OU] and the fut.can also have an impera.sense (class.often): A 13:10οὐ παύσῃ διαστρέφων; [OU PAUSHi DIASTREFWN?} (perhaps more of a reproach than a command); cf.Viteau37. Ἵνα[hINA] = impera.perhaps also in 1 T 1:3; but in Mk 5:23παρεκάλει … ἵνα … ἐπιθῇς[PAREKALEI … hINA … EPIQHiS] should probably be joined in thought (mixture [Page 196] of ἵνα ἐπιθῇ[hINA EPIQHi] and direct ἐπίθες [EPIQES]). Ἵνα [hINA]-clause as impera.: C. F. Cadoux, JTS42 (1941) 165–73; H. G. Meecham, JTS43 (1942) 179f.(180: ‘certain in a few NTpassages and probable in others’); A. R. George, JTS45 (1944) 55–60. Pap. 41/2 ad(Aegyptus33 [1953] 317) μὴ ἵνα σκύλῃς με ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ σέ[MH hINA SKULHiS ME ELQEIN EPI SE] ‘do not force me’. T. Kalén, Selbständige Finalsätze … (Skrifter K. Hum. Vet.-samf. i Uppsala34, 2 [1914]), explains the independent
ἵνα [hINA]-clause on the basis of the imperatival inf.(pp.22f.); NTexx.pp.53–65, LXX65–8. Pap. Mlt.178f.[281]; Horn120ff.; Mayserii1, 231f.(ἵνα[hINA]), 230f.(ὅπως [hOPWS]). LXXe.g.2 Macc 1:9καὶ νῦν ἵνα ἄγητε τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς σκηνοπηγίας[KAI NUN hINA AGHTE TAS hHMERAS THS SKHOPHGIAS]. Further (Epict.etc.) in Raderm.2170; Windisch, ZNW26 (1927) 205 n.5; Pernot, Études63, 97ff., 123, 148f.; Ghedini, Vang. ap.477 and Aegyptus15 (1935) 236; Ljungvik38f.M. Ant.11.3 τὸ δὲ ἕτοιμον τοῦτο ἵνα ἀπὸ ἰδικῆς κρίσεως ἔρχηται, 4 τοῦτο ἵνα ἀεὶ πρόχειρον ἀπαντᾷ, καὶ μηδαμοῦ παύου[11.3 TO DE hETOIMON TOUTO hINA APO IDIKHS KRISEW ERXHTAI, 4 TOUTO hINA AEI PROXEIRON APANTAi, KAI MHDAMOU PAUOU]. In MGrνάwith the subj.serves as the impera.of the 2nd and 3rd person.—Rob.941–50.
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From: timothy mcmahon <targum at msn.com>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 2:47:39 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] Ephesians 5:33
hEKASTOS THN GYNAIKA hOUTWS AGAPATW hWs hEAUTOV hH DE GYNE hINA FOBHTAI TOV ANDRA
I've recently encountered a proposal to take the hINA clause in this verse as subordinate to the main verb AGAPATW, yielding the following sense:
"Let each [man] so love his wife as himself in order that the woman might respect her husband" or "Let each [man] so love his wife as himself with the result that the woman respects her husband."
This rendering seems quite consonant with the overall thrust of the passage, and I believe rolling hH GYNH into the hINA clause is feasible in light of 2 Corinthians 2:4. But this take on the verse appears impossible to me in light of the coordinating conjunction DE. I've never been entirely comfortable with the notion that the subjunctive FOBHTAI is functionally imperative, but I don't see this proposal as a viable alternative.
Thoughts, fellow Greek aficionados?
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Blass, F., Debrunner, A., & Funk, R. W. (1961). A Greek grammar of the New Testament and other early Christian literature (195). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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