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Understanding Those Strange Relatives (the Koine Greek kind)

July 11, 2020 by Tavis Bohlinger Leave a Comment

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Logos Bible Software Helps You Recognize Grammatical Dependence in Biblical Discourse

Relative pronouns are one of those unglamorous grammatical concepts you likely learned about and filed away into long-term memory. Greek pronouns like ὅς (hos; which, who) introduce a phrase or clause that modifies another phrase or clause. These pronouns tend to restrict the potential scope of meaning, clarifying whatever the speaker or writer is talking about. But paying attention to these basic details can pay huge exegetical dividends when it comes to interpreting the strange roles they can play in discourse.

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Filed Under: Didaktikos Tagged With: analysis, discourse, grammar, language, relatives, steve runge

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