Verb of thinking + τί(ς) (+ ἐστιν) + art. nom. phrase
Posted: January 29th, 2015, 8:11 pm
Perhaps I was wrong to say that this question is beyond current knowledge limits. So far as I know everything has been studied and re-studied, so this probably has been too.
Does anyone actually have an answer for this?
Does anyone actually have an answer for this?
In the phrase δοκιμάζειν ... τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ, was the verb δοκιμάζειν chosen as suitable because;Romans 12:1 wrote:δοκιμάζειν ὑμᾶς τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ εὐάρεστον καὶ τέλειον.
- δοκιμάζειν is used with mental processes such as θέλημα.
- δοκιμάζειν is conventionally used with the question τί.
- δοκιμάζειν is used specifically with questions about mental processes such as τί τὸ θέλημα.
- δοκιμάζειν is used because something (accidently in this case τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ) is tested against a list of attributes τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ εὐάρεστον καὶ τέλειον
- δοκιμάζειν is used to describe the consideration of the question <<τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ.>>
- δοκιμάζειν is used to describe the process of checking something against a standard.
- None of the above. Please specify: ____________________.
- No idea.
Romans 8:27 wrote:ὁ δὲ ἐρευνῶν τὰς καρδίας οἶδεν τί τὸ φρόνημα τοῦ πνεύματος, ὅτι κατὰ θεὸν ἐντυγχάνει ὑπὲρ ἁγίων.
(Non-significant NA-UBS variant ἐραυνῶν)
Ephesians 1:18,19 wrote:πεφωτισμένους τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν, εἰς τὸ εἰδέναι ὑμᾶς τίς ἐστιν ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς κλήσεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ τίς ὁ πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης τῆς κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις, 19 καὶ τί τὸ ὑπερβάλλον μέγεθος τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ εἰς ἡμᾶς τοὺς πιστεύοντας , κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν τοῦ κράτους τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ
(Non-significant NA-UBS variants τῆς καρδίας [ ὑμῶν ] and the omission of καὶ before τίς ὁ πλοῦτος)
Ephesians 3:18 wrote:ἐν ἀγάπῃ ἐρριζωμένοι καὶ τεθεμελιωμένοι ἵνα ἐξισχύσητε καταλαβέσθαι σὺν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἁγίοις τί τὸ πλάτος καὶ μῆκος καὶ βάθος καὶ ὕψος,
(Non-significant NA-UBS variant ὕψος καὶ βάθος)
Ephesians 5:17 wrote:Διὰ τοῦτο μὴ γίνεσθε ἄφρονες, ἀλλὰ συνιέντες τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου.
(Non-significant NA-UBS variant συνίετε)
Colossians 1:27 wrote:οἷς ἠθέλησεν ὁ θεὸς γνωρίσαι τί τὸ πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης τοῦ μυστηρίου τούτου ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ὅς ἐστιν χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν, ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς δόξης·
(Non-significant NA-UBS variant ὅ)