Re: hO TE in Luke 23:12

clayton stirling bartholomew (c.s.bartholomew@worldnet.att.net)
Mon, 25 May 1998 19:31:47 +0000

pwiles wrote:
>
> Can any one throw light on Luke's use of hO TE preceding Herod's name in
> Luke 23:12. On first glance I assumed the hO was just the definite
> article but UBS4 accents it as the relative pronoun. It seems to be
> functioning as equivalent to the definite article (which indeed precedes
> Pilates name following). I havent been able to find discussion of this
> usage in BDF, Young, Wallace or Moule.
> Any help appreciated.
>
Perry,

The hO is a definite article. The accent is there because TE is enclitic and
tosses it's accent back on hO. 

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