From what I've observed, there's a tendency in Hellenistic Greek to make single words out of idiomatic prepositional phrases and then to substantivize those newly-coined expressions:Jonathan Robie wrote:Question: if we removed the article from Exodus 13:3, how would it change the meaning? What is the difference between:
- καὶ τὸ καθόλου μὴ βλέπουσι
- καὶ καθόλου μὴ βλέπουσι
καθ’ ὅλου -- τὸ καθ’ ὅλου -- καθόλου -- τὸ καθόλου
διὰ πασὼν (χορδῶν) -- ἡ διαπασῶν (ἁρμονία) = octave
I'm sure this process of word-building has been better described.