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>Look up the reference to DIA in the Bauer or Abbott-Smith lexicons
>(lexica?) for lengthy lists of examples.
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>--
>"Eric S. and Karol-Ann Weiss"
>http://home1.gte.net/eweiss/index.htm
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I like the basic concepts for understanding DIA Eirc has outlined. The
problem I have had with following through with using "through" and "for"
for DIA with the genetive is not with the Greek but with the English. My
Thorndike/Barnhart two volume dictionary lists 6 definitions for the
English preposition "through" and 19 for the preposition "for." Using
either of these in translation, IMHO, renders it almost meaningless for
accuracy. I have found that starting with "by means of" for DIA with the
genetive clarifies numerous translations and opens the door for many
more.
As for DIA with the accusative, "on account of" or "because of" makes for
a good starting place for me.
By way of example, I find the various, and to me herrendous, translations
for Romans 4:25 to be a case in point. For the hOS PAREDOQH DIA TA
PARAPTWMATA hHMWN KAI HGERQH DIA THN DIKAIWSIN hHMWN, the AV has "Who was
delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justifiaction,"
which has given rise to all sorts of erroneous theology by those who
posit two different meanings for "for" in the verse. The NIV, the ASV
and the RSV perpetuate the misconception, again using two "fors," and the
NEB outright states that the Lord was "raised to life to justify us." I
have found only the NASB to correctly translate the verse "...who was
delivered up because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our
justification."
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