[B-Greek] Information about 1 Corinthians 14:27

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Sun Jan 10 00:05:19 EST 2010


εἴτε γλώσσῃ τις λαλεῖ, κατὰ δύο ἢ τὸ πλεῖστον τρεῖς καὶ ἀνὰ μέρος
EITE GLWSSHi TIS LALEI, KATA DUO H TO PLEISTON TREIS KAI ANA MEROS

The distributive KATA governs accusative and TREIS is masculine/feminine,
accusative plural, referring back to the plural speakers in tongues, introduced
by TIS. The masculine (and feminine) nominative is also TREIS. The neuter
nominative and accusative is TRIA. (Dative TRISI(N), genitive TRIWN).

The most famous verse with TRIA is probably:
1 Cor 13:13 νυνὶ δὲ μένει πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη, τὰ τρία ταῦτα· μείζων δὲ τούτων
ἡ ἀγάπη
NUNI DE MENEI PISTIS, ELPIS, AGAPH, TA TRIA TAUTA. MEIZWN DE TOUTWN hH AGAPH.

Now these THREE things remain: faith, hope, love. But GREATEST of these is love.

(I use capitals to indicate stress in English).

Iver Larsen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marion Fox" <mrfox1 at gmail.com>
To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: 9. januar 2010 22:52
Subject: [B-Greek] Information about 1 Corinthians 14:27


> In 1 Cor. 14:27 we find:
>
> ... KATA DUO H TO PLEISTON TREIS ...
>
> Am I correct to interpret TREIS as being in the neuter gender?
>
> If it is in the neuter gender, to what does it refer?
>
>
> Yours in His service,
>
>
> -- 
> Marion Fox




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