Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...adjectives. Possession is the most obvious and the most usual use of the genitive case, as irardiai Tov SovXov Tov ap)(upei&i &puXov avTOv To Wt'iov (Matt. 26:51). It is the high priest's servant, not that of another, and it is the servant's ear, not another's. Sometimes the relationship is not clearly defined, but is assumed as plain. So Mapta 'Iwci&fiov (Luke 24:10) is James's Mary, which might be his mother, wife, or daughter. We learn from elsewhere that it is his mother. Often the genitive is used simply with the article, where the context explains, as ol Tov Xpurrov (Gal. 5:24), especially the neuter article as ra KatVapos (Mark 12:17). (4) Indeed the genitive may express identity (apposition) as iroAtts Soso/jkov Ku Topoppas (2 Pet. 2:6), rj oiKta Tov o-Krjvovi (2 Cor. 5:1). The genitive characterizes the substantive as To o-Gpa Ts apapruus (Rom. 6:6), 6 olKovopni T's aSi/ctas (Luke 16:8), though it must not be regarded as identical with the adjective (see Zv Kmvotijti Scos, Eom. 6:4), and even expressions like vhl pwr6% (1 Thess. 5:5) are shown by the papyri not to be mere Hebraisms, but in accord with general Greek idiom. (5) It is not alone quality that can be expressed by the genitive, but also a partitive sense (possibly ablative), as To oocaTovriJs 7r6A as (Rev. 11:13), and sometimes such a genitive is found alone with no noun as the subject of the verb as o-wrjXdov 81 Koi Tgv paOtyrSiv (Acts 21:16). The genitive naturally expresses price as hvaptov (Rev. 6:6). (6) The genitive may be either subjective as yap i-ydm) Tov XpioroS o-wx rjpas (2 Cor. 5:14) where it is Christ's love for Paul that constrains him, or objective as ex-e Hio-tiv Otov (Mark 11:22) or eirl eiepyetria avOpmTTov axrOevovs..."
