[B-Greek] The combination of prepositional phrase with conjunctions- rule or coincidence?
Iver Larsen
iver_larsen at sil.org
Sat Nov 7 04:21:32 EST 2009
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Subject: [B-Greek] The combination of prepositional phrase with conjunctions-
rule or coincidence?
>I have noticed when two prepositional phrases containing EIS are written back
>to back “without” any connecting conjunction it generally refers to two
>different things (e.g. Eph. 4:12; Col. 2:2). When they are written back to back
>“with” a conjunction, it seems it refers to two different but related items
>(Eph. 5:32; II Thess. 3:5). And when EIS is used as one prepositional phrase
>with two objects connected by a conjunction, it refers to one thing understood
>through two aspects (Phil 1:1; I Tim. 6:9).
>
> Is this just a coincidence, or does some rule apply to this structure?
>
> Sincerely,
> B.Harris
You probably meant Phil 1:11. For the third option, it does not hold that the
reference is to two aspects of one thing, but it does refer to two (or more)
items that form some kind of unity. They may well be different, but are closely
related, e.g.
Mrk 11:1 EIS BHQFAGH KAI BHQANIAN
LUK 2:34 EIS PTWSIN KAI ANASTASIN
Act 4:30 EIS IASIN KAI SHMEIA
1Co 4:6 EIS EMAUTON KAI APOLLWN
1Pe 1:7 EIS EPAINON KAI DOXAN KAI TIMHN
Iver Larsen
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