Wallace_Adjectival Genitive pt. 2

Question 1

Define genitive of material.

Answer 1

specifies the material out of which the head noun is made. (this usage is quite rare in NT; more frequently seen with εκ + gen.)

Question 2

What words are used in translation of the genitive of material?

Answer 2

“made out of” or “consisting of”

Question 3

Define genitive of content.

Answer 3

specifies the contents of the word to which it is related. (this is fairly common in NT, though with only certain types of words)

Question 4

What words are used in translation of the genitive of content? (noun and verb)

Answer 4

1. Noun: “full of” or “containing”

2. Verb: “with”

Question 5

What is important to keep in mind about datives and genitives when it comes to the content (what the verb is full of) related to verbs?

Answer 5

1. Genitive: used to indicate the content of a verb.
2. Datives do not indicate content of a verb (for example Eph. 5:18 lit. “be filled in the Holy Spirit” is a dative and so does not mean be filled with the Holy Spirit; maybe “be filled by the Holy Spirit”)

Question 6

What is the structure of a genitive in simple apposition? And how does this differ from the genitive of apposition?

Answer 6

1. Simple apposition requires that both nouns be in the same case (whether nom. gen. dat. accu. or voc.)
2. The genitive of apposition has a head in any case and the gen. as apposition
   (Note: if the syntax requires the head noun to be gen. a possibility of confusion between these two appositional uses results)

Question 7

Define the genitive of apposition

Answer 7

states a specific example that is a part of the larger category named by the head noun (frequently used when head noun is ambiguous or metaphorical; note the frequently given name “epexegetical genitive”)

Question 8

How do you test to determine if it is a genitive of apposition?

Answer 8

Replace the word of with “which is” or “that is” or “namely” or if personal “who is”
(if it does not make sense a genitive of apposition is unlikely)

Question 9

In a genitive of apposition, what 3 characteristics will the head noun have?

Answer 9

1. will state a large category
2. Will be ambiguous
3. will be metaphorical in meaning

Question 10

In a genitive of apposition, what 3 characteristics will the genitive have?

Answer 10

1. will name a concrete or specific example
2. that either falls within that category or clarifies the ambiguity
3. Or brings the metaphor down to earth
   (“the land of Egypt” category-example; “the sign of circumcision” ambiguity-clarification; “the breastplate of righteousness” metaphor-meaning)

Question 11

Why is it important to be able to distinguish between simple apposition and the genitive of apposition?

Answer 11

There are significant semantic differences

Question 12

What does the simple apposition entail that the genitive apposition does not?

Answer 12

1. the simple apposition gives a different designation to the noun
2. uses different terms to refer to the same subject (“Paul the apostle” “God our Father”)

Question 13

Referring back to the two sets for the predicate nominative (subset and convertible): the simple apposition and genitive of apposition represent which category?

Answer 13

Simple apposition: convertible
Genitive of apposition: subset
(a genitive of apposition will not occur when both nouns are personal)

Question 14

What is the test to determine if the genitive is a simple or a genitive of apposition

Answer 14

1. translate with “which is” “namely” or “who is” (if it makes sense than it is either appositional or simple
2. Then translate with “of” if it makes sense then it is genitive of apposition, if not then it is simple apposition

Question 15

What is a predicate genitive?

Answer 15

1. makes an assertion about another genitive substantive
2. the equative verb is a participle
   (much like a predicate nominative; this is an emphatic kind of simple apposition in the genitive)

Question 16

What is a genitive of subordination? And what are the translation glosses?

Answer 16

1. specifies what is subordinated to or under the dominion of the head noun
2. “over” (words such as βασιλευς, and ἄρχων are found here)