[B-Greek] hILASTHRION Rm 3:25 Noun or adj.

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Wed Sep 17 17:46:12 EDT 2008


On Sep 17, 2008, at 1:18 PM, Oun Kwon wrote:

> Rm 3:25 begins with
>
>
> ON PREQETO hO QEOS hILASTHRION ...
>
> The word hILASTHRION seems like a noun (BDAG 'a means of
> propitiation'). I got confusion when I read in a commentary that this
> is an adjective (propitiatory as an adjective).
>
> I don't think it affects my understanding of the meaning. Just from
> purely grammatical viewpoint, how I can decide whether this is a noun
> or an adjective?


As noted in Danker hILASTHRION is the neuter singular of hILASTHRIOS, - 
A, -ON which functions as a substantive, i.e. it behaves syntactically  
as a noun, occupies a noun slot. LEH shows 27 LXX occurrences as a  
noun and one as an adjective.



Elizabeth Kline







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