Syntactic patterns of πᾶς as a quantifier in New Testament Greek
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21493213 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cynthia L Miller-Naudé (0000-0002-5299-9237, University of the Free State), Jacobus A Naudé (0000-0002-8680-0476, University of the Free State) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-27 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0259-9422 • E-ISSN: 2072-8050 |
| Publisher | AOSIS (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.4102/hts.v77i1.6922 |
| OpenAlex | W3198032394 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
In linguistic terms, a quantifier is an item that appears with a noun to specify the number or amount of referents indicated by the noun. In English, various kinds of quantification are lexically differentiated—universal quantification (all), distributive quantification (each), and universal-distributive (every). In Greek, however, quantification is conveyed syntactically using primarily one lexical item, namely πᾶς. In this article, we examine the syntactic patterns of πᾶς as a quantifier from a linguistic point of view with attention to the determination of the noun (articular versus anarthrous), the number of the noun (singular versus plural) and the phrasal word order. We also examine the phenomenon of ‘floating’ quantification in which the quantifier moves to a new position in the noun phrase. Finally, we compare the patterns found in New Testament Greek with those of the quantifier כל in the Hebrew Bible in order to determine the extent and type of Semitic interference with respect to quantification in New Testament Greek grammar. Contribution: The syntactic patterns of πᾶς as a quantifier are identified and the semantic import of each pattern is described. The relationship of πᾶς to the quantifier כל in the Hebrew Bible shows evidence of Semitic interference in New Testament Greek grammar
Arabic · Biblical Hebrew · Biblical studies · Grammar · Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Noun · Noun phrase · Plural · Semitic languages · Computer Science · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Mathematics · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |