[B-Greek] Ephesians 1:22
Iver Larsen
iver_larsen at sil.org
Mon Mar 8 00:36:50 EST 2010
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From: "Elizabeth Kline" <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net>
To: "greek B-Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: 8. marts 2010 07:13
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Ephesians 1:22
>> KAI AUTON EDWKEN KEFALHN hUPER PANTA THi EKKLHSIAi
> On Mar 7, 2010, at 8:05 PM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:
>
>> For EDWKEN the agent is QEOS, the recipient is AUTON, the patient KEFALHN
>> hUPER PANTA, the direction is THi EKKLHSIAi.
>
> This isn't the only possibility. AUTON could be the patient and THi THi
> EKKLHSIAi the recipient. In that case KEFALHN hUPER PANTA would be ... not
> sure. It all depends on how you understand the semantics of EDWKEN. I you read
> it something like "appoint" then the first analysis would hold, but if you
> read it something like "give" then you are moving toward the second analysis.
>
> Elizabeth Kline
I cannot recall any instance where the semantic role of Recipient or Beneficiary
is expressed with an accusative. Dative would be the case to use. So, I would
take AUTON as the Patient (direct object) and THi EKKLHSIAi as Beneficiary
(indirect object). The extra accusative KEFALHN hUPER PANTA is a complement to
AUTON. It gives further details about EDWKEN AUTON. Such a complement is
normally expressed in English by using "as" or "to be".
The NIV is questionable, since EDWKEN can hardly mean "appoint". L&N does give
one example for this sense, namely Acts 13:20, but "give" works fine here as
indeed NIV and all translations I have checked have it in this place.
You may want to compare other similar double accusatives. One that comes to mind
is
2 Cor 4:5 οὐ γὰρ ἑαυτοὺς κηρύσσομεν ἀλλὰ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν κύριον, ἑαυτοὺς δὲ
δούλους ὑμῶν
OU GAR hEAUTOUS KHRUSSOMEN ALLA IHSOUN CRISTON KURION, hEAUTOUS DE DOULOUS hUMWN
for we do not proclaim ourselves but rather Jesus Christ (as/to be) lord, but
(we proclaim) ourselves (as/to be) your servants
Iver Larsen
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