Monday, July 31, 2006
Asyndetic, Privative Adjectives in 1 Timothy
There is an example of asyndetic, privative adjectives in 1 Timothy 1.17:
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Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only [wise] God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.I have Fr. Gerard Deighan to thank for the only other New Testament examples in my collection, Hebrews 7.3 (ἀπάτωρ ἀμήτωρ ἀγενεαλόγητος) and 7.26 (ἄκακος ἀμίαντος).
τῷ δὲ βασιλεῖ τῶν αἰώνων, ἀφθάρτῳ, ἀοράτῳ, μόνῳ θεῷ, τιμὴ καὶ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων· ἀμήν.
