[B-Greek] double article (was Help Requested)
Nikolaos Adamou
ntgreekreader at gmail.com
Tue Jan 25 14:27:36 EST 2011
τὸν Σολομῶντα ἐκ τῆς (γυνῆς or γυναικὸς) τοῦ Οὐρίου
of Solomon, from Uriah’s wife
In general terms when there are two articles they refer to to
different nouns - but sometimes one of these nouns is assumed as it is
the case here.
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Daniel Buck <bucksburg at yahoo.com> wrote:
> A similar question arises in Matthew 1:6 with EK THS TOU OURIOU. It could be
> translated "of her of Uriah" or "of Uriah's woman." All English versions
> paraphrase.
>
> Daniel Buck
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Kevin W. Woodruff <cierpke at prodigy.net>
> To: MT <mahontay at yahoo.com>; Biblical Greek List <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tue, January 25, 2011 8:37:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Help requested
>
> Mark:
>
> The TOUS is function like a relative pronoun. According to Wallace, "Sometimes
> the article is equivalent to a relative pronoun in force. This is especially
> true when it is repeated after a noun before a phrase (e.g., a gen. phrase).
> (Wallace, GGBTB, 213)
>
> The TOUS should be translated "which" and so the whole phrase should read, "and
> as many as are believing the words which are the Lord's (or "of the Lord")are
> seeing God."
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Kevin
>
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> --- On Tue, 1/25/11, MT <mahontay at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> From: MT <mahontay at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [B-Greek] Help requested
>> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
>> Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 7:22 AM
>> Hello. I am stumped concerning a
>> double definite article. Does anyone have a copy of New
>> Testament Greek: A Beginning and Intermediate Grammar by
>> James Hewett? If so, the question is on page 34, exercise
>> #10. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you,
>> Mark Trzasko
>>
>>
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