[B-Greek] Imperative? 1Pe 4:7

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Sep 17 17:55:02 EDT 2008


On Sep 17, 2008, at 3:57 PM, Oun Kwon wrote:

> 1Pe 4:7
>
> σωφρονήσατε οὖν καὶ νήψατε
>
> SWFRONHSATE OUN KAI NHYATE
>
> Don't I need imperative forms here to fit the sense of the text?

These are aorist active 2 pl. imperatives. Did you think they were  
indicatives without the augment?


Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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