[B-Greek] TO PNEUMA KAI hH YUCH in 1 Thessalonians 5:23--Are they synonyms?

Leonard Jayawardena leonardj at live.com
Sat Jun 19 05:43:54 EDT 2010


1 Thessalonians 5:23:
 
 
hOLOKLHRON hUMWN TO PNEUMA KAI hH YUCH KAI TO SWMA AMEMPTWS ... THRHQEIH.
 
 
Is there any grammatical objection to taking TO PNEUMA KAI hH YUCH above as synonyms? Specifically, does the presence of the article before each of the three words--PNEUMA, YUCH and SWMA--present an obstacle to taking the first two words as synonyms? 
 
There is biblical--and extra-biblical--warrant for taking these two words synonymously sometimes, e.g., Luke 1:47 (MEGALUNEI hH YUCH MOU TON KURION KAI HGALLIASEN TO PNEUMA MOU EPI TWi QEWi TWi SWTHRI MOU).  
 
 
Leonard Jayawardena 		 	   		  
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