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Greek Lessons
- The Gift of Tongues as Known Languages: Witness of the Early Church Fathers
- From Jerusalem with Scrutiny: Fronting and Focus in Mark 7:1
- Speaking in Tongues in the Bible
- Grace Beyond Demand: Participles and Imperatives in a Kingdom Ethic
- Reverent Burial and Narrative Simplicity: A Koine and Classical Greek Comparison of Mark 6:29
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Monthly Archives: July 2017
Δέ In The Greek New Testament
Δέ is related to δή as μέν to μήν. Δέ is a particle adversative, distinctive, disjunctive, but, moreover; it is much more frequent in the historical parts of the New Testament than in the other books, very rare in the Epistles of John and the Apocalypse. Δέ is used:
universally by way of opposition and distinction; it is added to statements opposite to a preceding statement; it opposes persons to persons or things previously mentioned or thought of, – either with strong emphasis (e.g. ἐγὼ δέ ; ἡμεῖς δέ ; σὺ δέ ; ὑμεῖς δέ) , and often; – or with a slight discrimination (e.g.… Learn Koine Greek
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Address Formula and Theological Identity in Romans 1:7: A Study in Vocative Syntax and Apostolic Greeting
πᾶσι τοῖς οὖσιν ἐν Ρώμῃ ἀγαπητοῖς Θεοῦ, κλητοῖς ἁγίοις· χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
Introduction
Romans 1:7 contains Paul’s formal salutation, a stylistically complex and theologically loaded address. The grammar includes a dative of reference, substantival participles, appositional constructions, and a rich Greco-Jewish greeting formula. The structure of this verse reveals Paul’s careful craftsmanship in identifying his audience and grounding their identity in both divine election and covenantal love.
Dative of Address: πᾶσι τοῖς οὖσιν ἐν Ρώμῃ– πᾶσι: Dative plural masculine of πᾶς, “all.” – Used here as the head term of the address: “to all…” – τοῖς οὖσιν: Present active participle, dative plural masculine of εἰμί, “being.”… Learn Koine Greek
