Re: Romans 5:12 EF hW

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Sun Feb 21 1999 - 07:00:56 EST


At 11:45 PM -0600 2/20/99, Bill Ross wrote:
>Hi, I've been away for a while, up to my neck in other alligators, so if
>anyone has addressed anything to me and found it unanswered, please try
>again.
>
>I find myself in need of your expertise...
>
>In Romans 5:12, Paul writes EF hW PANTES hHMARTON, commonly translated "for
>that all sinned."
>
>If I'm not mistaken, this is literally "upon which all sinned."
>
>Is the EF hW part used anywhere else in Scripture?
>Or is it a common construct outside of the Scriptures?

I only checked the NT in Accordance, but I found it in
2 Cor 5:4 ... STENAZOMEN BAROUMENOI, EF' hWi OU QELOMEN EKDUSASQAI ALL
EPENDUSASQAI, hINA ...
Phil 3:12 ... DIWKW DE EI KAI KATALABW, EF' hWi KAI KATELHMFQHN hUPO
CRISTOU IHSOU.
Phil 4:10 ... ANEQALETE TO hUPER EMOU FRONEIN, EF' hWi KAI EFRONEITE,
HKAIREISQE DE.

EPI + dative in older Greek tends to be spatial locative ("upon this," "at
this particular [place]") or metaphorical ("on the basis of" = "for the
reason that ..."

>
>What other possibile translations might it support?

I think you have to consider the particular context, but depending on that
you might use "because," "since," "the reason being that ..." or the like.

Carl W. Conrad
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