[B-Greek] Use of TO with Infinitive

Gene Cockerham Gene.Cockerham at ncpres.org
Wed Jan 5 10:26:24 EST 2011


J Gresham Machen
Lesson XXII
Paragraphs 301-305
In general - the Greek infinitive is a verbal noun and so like any other
noun can take the article. With an article the infinitive can stand in
the place of most nouns.  "Thus, KALON ESTI TO APOTHANEIN HUPER TWN
ADELFWN, means the act of dying in behalf of the brethren is good..."
Here TO APOTHANEIN is a noun in the nominative case, being the subject
of the verb ESTI."

Sorry for the quoted section - I do not have the experience that many of
the contributors of this list serve - hopefully someone can expound on
this if necessary.

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Hello Everyone,

I keep coming across a construction using TO + infinitive, and I am not
sure what difference the article makes to the meaning compared to using
the infinitive on its own.  Some examples would be:

TO MH hUPERBAINEIN.... (1Thess4:6)
....EIS TO AGAPAN ALLHLOUS (1Thess4:9)
ENDEIGMA THS DIKAIAS KRISEWS TOU QEOU, EIS TO KATAXIWQHNAI....
(2Thess1:5)
EIS TO MH TACEWS SALEUQHNAI.... (2Thess2:2)

Would somebody please be kind enough to explain to me what difference
the use of the article makes to the meaning?

Many thanks
Adrian Clark

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