[B-Greek] Rev 4:3, Syntax

Donald COBB docobb at orange.fr
Tue Mar 24 11:54:24 EDT 2009


Rev 4:3 reads:

KAI hO KAQHMENOS hOMOIOS hORASEI LIQWi IASPIDI KAI SARDIWi. 

Taking hORASEI as a dative of respect, the first part can be Englished: "And he who was seated was similar, as to his appearence..."

My question is: IASPIDI KAI SARDIWi being datives, they shouldn't be considered as epexegetical (which would imply genitives, i.e., LIQWi IASPIDOS KAI SARDIOU). BDAG does not list them has adjectives ("jasper stones"). Should they be taken, then, as appositional? In that case, the sentence could be Englished in the following way:

"And he who was seated was similar, as to his appearence, to a stone, [i.e.] to Jasper and cornelian"

Your thoughts?


Donald Cobb


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