Re: Rev 8:9 TA ECONTA

lakr (lakr@netcom.com)
Thu, 25 Sep 1997 16:49:30 -0700 (PDT)

>
> I'm confused by what seems to be a lack of agreement in Rev 8:9:
>
> Rev 8:9 KAI APEQANEN TO TRITON TWN KTISMATWN TWN EN THi QALASSHi, *TA*
> *ECONTA* PSUCAS, KAI TO TRITON TWN PLOIWN DEFQARHSAN.
> Rev 8:9 And a third of the creatures in the sea that had life died, and a
> third of the ships were destroyed.
>
> TA ECONTA is nominative...but shouldn't it be genitive? I was thinking that
> it refers back to TWN TKISMATWN. Does it refer to something else?
>
> Jonathan

Could it not refer back to TO TRITON ?
Larry