Raw Grammar Reference Search Data¶

Search 1: "clothing metaphor body" --greek¶

Result 1: Duff, Elements of NT Greek, p.188 [score: 0.388]¶

Active vs Middle voice distinction for clothing verbs: - (Active) -- He puts (clothes) on (someone else) - (Middle) -- He puts (clothes) on himself

Result 2: Wallace, Basics of NT Syntax, p.52 [score: 0.382]¶

Reference to "body of sin" / "newness of life" / "body" -- genitive constructions.

Result 3: Wallace, Basics of NT Syntax, p.51 [score: 0.375]¶

"Body of sin" has stronger force than "sinful body" -- attributive genitive discussion.

Search 2: "middle voice infinitive" --greek¶

Result 1: Wallace, Basics of NT Syntax, p.260 [score: 0.531]¶

"After the infinitive comes the verb." [Context about infinitive placement.]

Result 2: Machen, NT Greek For Beginners, p.147 [score: 0.504]¶

"The first aorist active infinitive is accented upon the penult... Thus pisteusai, to believe..." Discussion of aorist passive infinitive formation.

Result 3: Duff, Elements of NT Greek, p.187 [score: 0.495]¶

[Aorist middle infinitive forms discussed]

Result 4: Wallace, Basics of NT Syntax, p.184 [score: 0.481]¶

KEY: "For many middle voices (especially the indirect middle), putting the subject in italics would communicate this emphasis. Not infrequently the difference between the active and middle of the same verb is more lexical than grammatical. Sometimes the shift is between transitive and intransitive."

Result 5: Wallace, Basics of NT Syntax, p.182 [score: 0.480]¶

"Only in the future and aorist tenses are there distinct forms for the middle and passive voice. In the present, imperfect, perfect, and pluperfect tenses, the middle and passive forms are identical."

Result 6: Machen, NT Greek For Beginners, p.68 [score: 0.466]¶

"Usually the force of the middle is much more subtle. Sometimes, therefore, it is impossible to make any difference in an English translation between active and middle. In the case of some verbs, the difference in meaning is so great that in an English translation a totally different word must be used."

Result 7: Wallace, Basics of NT Syntax, p.187 [score: 0.462]¶

KEY - Permissive Middle: "The subject allows something to be done for or to himself or herself. This usage, though rare, involves some exegetically important texts. A good 'rough and ready' test is to translate the verb as a passive. If this makes sense--and if the notion of permission is appropriate--the permissive middle is possible."

Result 8: Wallace, Basics of NT Syntax, p.186 [score: 0.451]¶

KEY - Indirect Middle (Benefactive/Dynamic Middle): "The subject acts for (or sometimes by) himself or herself, or in his or her own interest. The subject thus shows a special interest in the action of the verb. This is a common use of the middle."

Search 3: "hapax legomenon" --greek¶

Low relevance scores (max 0.236). No substantive grammar textbook discussion of hapax legomena found in indexed material. The concept is well-known but not extensively discussed in the beginner/intermediate grammars indexed.

Search 4: "conditional clause ei ean" --greek¶

Result 1: BDF (Blass-Debrunner-Funk), p.223 [score: 0.559]¶

KEY: "The following five forms of conditional sentence are represented in classical Greek: (1) Ei with the indicative of all tenses denotes a simple conditional assumption with emphasis on..."

Discussion of ean + subjunctive (3rd class condition) -- the construction in 2 Cor 5:1 (ean ... kataluthE, aorist passive subjunctive).

Result 2: Hudson, Teach Yourself NT Greek, p.140 [score: 0.527]¶

"CONDITIONAL SENTENCES: The construction of sentences which express a condition in Greek is quite straightforward..."

Result 3: Wallace, Basics of NT Syntax, p.311 [score: 0.492]¶

KEY: "Structural Categories of Conditional Sentences: Explicit conditional sentences follow four general structural patterns in the Greek NT. Each pattern is known as a class; hence, first class, second class, third class, and fourth class."

Result 4: Hudson, p.142 [score: 0.489]¶

Exercise on conditional sentences with ei.

Result 5: Machen, NT Greek For Beginners, p.143 [score: 0.483]¶

Discussion of present vs. future conditions and the difference between ei + indicative and ean + subjunctive.

Result 6: Wallace, Basics of NT Syntax, p.211 [score: 0.479]¶

"hos d'an piE ek tou hydatos hou egO dOsO autO, ou mE dipsEsei eis ton aiOna" -- whoever + subjunctive construction.

Result 7: Wallace, Basics of NT Syntax, p.315 [score: 0.461]¶

"Third Class Condition: The third class condition often presents the condition as..."

Search 5: "aorist infinitive purpose result" --greek¶

Result 1: Duff, Elements of NT Greek, p.138 [score: 0.583]¶

"The 2nd Aorist has the same meaning as the 1st Aorist. A verb will have either a 1st Aorist or a 2nd Aorist but not both."

Result 2: Machen, p.147 [score: 0.554]¶

Aorist active and passive infinitive formation.

Result 3: Wallace, Basics of NT Syntax, p.242 [score: 0.549]¶

KEY: "Thawing Out the Aorist: The Role of the Context and Lexeme. The aorist is not always used merely to summarize. In combination with other linguistic features (such as lexeme or context) the aorist often does more."

Result 4: Wallace, Basics of NT Syntax, p.258 [score: 0.537]¶

Infinitive semantic categorization: "nominal side, it can likewise be dependent (adjectival) or independent (substantival)."

Result 5: Hudson, p.70 [score: 0.535]¶

First Aorist infinitive and participle forms.

Summary of Key Grammar Findings for 2 Cor 5 Analysis¶

Middle voice infinitives (ependysasthai, ekdysasthai): The middle voice indicates the subject acts upon or for itself. Wallace's "indirect middle" (benefactive) -- the subject acts in their own interest. For clothing verbs specifically, the middle = "to clothe oneself" (Duff p.188).
Third class conditional (ean + aorist passive subjunctive in 5:1): Presents the condition as a real possibility but not a certainty. "If our earthly tent should be destroyed" -- not asserting that it will be, but considering the possibility.
Aorist infinitives (ekdysasthai, ependysasthai in 5:4): Aorist aspect presents the action as a whole, without emphasis on process. These are constative/summary aorists -- viewing the entire act of being unclothed or clothed upon as a single event.
Permissive middle (Wallace p.187): Worth considering for the clothing verbs -- "to allow oneself to be clothed upon."