Pete
As you know I am not an expert on anything but here are some statistics culled
from Accordacnce. I didn't know what aspect of this you wanted statistics on
so I made several searches for a prep followed immediately by a noun in an
oblique case, second search constraining the noun to ARCH and then third
search constraining the position to clause initial. I searched the GNT and
LXX separately. Since Accordance does not identify clauses in the LXX
(!!expletive deleted!!), I used verse initial which is not very meaningful.
For the shorter lists I have included the references.
*********searching the GNT*****
prep -> noun(not nom) Range (all GNT) = 2775
prep -> noun(not nom) lex (ARCH) Range (all GNT) = 26
Matt. 19:4
Matt. 19:8
Matt. 24:21
Mark 13:19
Luke 1:2
John 1:1
John 1:2
John 6:64
John 8:44
John 15:27
John 16:4
Acts 11:15
Acts 26:4
Phil. 4:15
Heb. 1:10
2Pet. 3:4
1John 1:1
1John 2:7
1John 2:13
1John 2:14
1John 2:24
1John 3:8
1John 3:11
2John 1:5
2John 1:6
prep -> noun(not nom) Pos(start clause) lex(ARCH) Range(all GNT) = 1
John 1:1
*********searching the LXX*****
preposition -> noun(not nom) Range(all LXX) = 19617
prep -> noun(not nom) lex(ARCH) Range(all LXX) = 89
Gen. 1:1
Gen. 1:16
Deut. 11:12
Josh. 24:2
Ruth 1:22
2Sam. 7:10
2Sam. 14:26
2Sam. 17:9
2Sam. 21:9
2Sam. 21:10
1Kings 20:9
1Kings 20:12
2Kings 17:25
1Chr. 16:7
1Chr. 17:9
2Chr. 13:12
2Chr. 23:8
Ezra 4:6
Ezra 9:2
Neh. 12:46
Esth. 13:15
Judith 8:29
1Mac. 15:17
3Mac. 6:26
Psa. 73:2
Psa. 77:2
Psa. 101:26
Psa. 118:152
Psa. 136:6
Prov. 8:23
Eccl. 3:11
Eccl. 7:8
Song 4:8
Wis. 6:22
Wis. 9:8
Wis. 12:11
Wis. 14:13
Sir. 15:14
Sir. 16:26
Sir. 24:9
Sir. 36:10
Sir. 36:14
Sir. 39:25
Sir. 39:32
Sir. 51:20
Sol. 8:31
Sol. 17:30
Amos 6:7
Mic. 5:1
Nah. 3:10
Hab. 1:12
Zech. 12:7
Is. 1:26
Is. 2:6
Is. 19:11
Is. 22:11
Is. 23:7
Is. 40:21
Is. 41:26
Is. 42:9
Is. 43:9
Is. 43:13
Is. 44:8
Is. 45:21
Is. 48:8
Is. 48:16
Is. 51:9
Is. 63:16
Is. 63:19
Jer. 13:21
Jer. 25:20
Jer. 28:58
Jer. 33:1
Bar. 3:26
Lam. 2:19
Lam. 4:1
Ezek. 16:25
Ezek. 16:55
Ezek. 21:24
Ezek. 21:26
Ezek. 36:11
Ezek. 42:10
Ezek. 42:12
Dan. 9:23
prep -> noun(not nom) Pos(start verse) lex(ARCH) Range(all LXX) = 6
Gen. 1:1
Psa. 101:26
Psa. 118:152
Jer. 25:20
Jer. 33:1
Dan. 9:23
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