[B-Greek] Can QEOS be used in apposition to MONOGENHS inJohn 1:18-revised

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Thu Nov 5 05:12:54 EST 2009


On Nov 5, 2009, at 1:10 AM, Leonard Jayawardena wrote:

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>> Tom Moore wrote:> "MONOGENHS (pred.) QEOS means God's only  
>> begotten?">> MONOGENHS and QEOS are in the same case. Using the  
>> same sense and> terminology you used, it would need be, I think,  
>> "only begotten is> God"> using the same word order as Greek. For my  
>> part, I would prefer the> attributive position becasue of the  
>> context.
>
> Except that MONOGENHS does not mean "only-begotten" but rater "one  
> of a kind," "unique."
>
> Carl W. Conrad
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> LJ: Is not GENHS in MONOGENHS cognate with GENNAW (used in v. 1:13).  
> Why cannot it mean "only-begotton"?

Only insofar as GENNAW "generate/beget" derives from the root GEN-   
"come-to-be" or "kind/kindred"
-GENHS derives directly from GEN-

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






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