[B-Greek] 1Jn 5:15 - EAN + OIDAMEN

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Mon Jun 30 04:46:07 EDT 2008


On Jun 29, 2008, at 9:46 PM, Vasile Stancu wrote:

> ἐὰν οἴδαμεν EAN OIDAMEN (1Jn 5:15)
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> I would have expected that EAN be followed by a Subjunctive form.  
> How to explain that EAN is used here in conjunction with a Present/ 
> Perfect form, i.e. OIDAMEN?

See BDAG s.v. EAN, 1.b. for use with indicative, β for use with the  
present tense, including OIDAMEN (which is a present in usage). One  
gets the impression that the distinction between EAN and EI became  
fuzzy in some Koine usage.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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