I'm pondering 1 Corinthians 14:8's καὶ γὰρ ἐὰν.
I'm wondering if
καὶ = continuative + γὰρ = clarification + ἐὰν = introducing another protasis to be reflected upon
is unnecessarily isolating each conjunction and overlooking the idiomatic?
Ronaldo Ghenov wrote:I'm pondering 1 Corinthians 14:8's καὶ γὰρ ἐὰν.
I'm wondering if
καὶ = continuative + γὰρ = clarification + ἐὰν = introducing another protasis to be reflected upon
is unnecessarily isolating each conjunction and overlooking the idiomatic?
Iver Larsen wrote:Ronaldo Ghenov wrote:I'm pondering 1 Corinthians 14:8's καὶ γὰρ ἐὰν.
I'm wondering if
καὶ = continuative + γὰρ = clarification + ἐὰν = introducing another protasis to be reflected upon
is unnecessarily isolating each conjunction and overlooking the idiomatic?
No, I think it is helpful to look at each of these individually. ἐὰν is a conjunction that links the conditional clause it introduces to the following main clause. I would not call γὰρ a conjunction, but a discourse particle. It functions above the sentence level. It means that the sentence it is part of gives further explanation to or support for the previous sentence or a word or phrase in the previous sentence. καὶ is not here a coordinating conjunction nor is it continuative. It gives emphasis to the following word or statement (but jumps over the γὰρ as if it had not been there). It is an adverb that emphasizes what follows the γὰρ and may be translated as "indeed, surely, also, even" depending on context. Here I would probably use indeed or surely. καὶ is always an intensifying adverb when it precedes γὰρ.
Stirling Bartholomew wrote:Iver Larsen wrote:Ronaldo Ghenov wrote:I'm pondering 1 Corinthians 14:8's καὶ γὰρ ἐὰν.
I'm wondering if
καὶ = continuative + γὰρ = clarification + ἐὰν = introducing another protasis to be reflected upon
is unnecessarily isolating each conjunction and overlooking the idiomatic?
καὶ is a little more difficult. It might be understood as placing a concessive/adversative constraint on the conditional clause introduced by ἐὰν; even if ... Smyth 2369f. The terminology concessive/adversative could probably be improved on.
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