ἀνδρὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἀνδρὶ

   an-DRI

   to a man
2. sentence🔊 ἄρα οὖν ζῶντος τοῦ ἀνδρὸς μοιχαλὶς χρηματίσει ἐὰν γένηται ἀνδρὶ ἑτέρῳ ἐὰν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ ὁ ἀνήρ ἐλευθέρα ἐστὶν ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου τοῦ μὴ εἶναι αὐτὴν μοιχαλίδα γενομένην ἀνδρὶ ἑτέρῳ

   A-ra oun ZON-tos tou an-DROS moi-kha-LIS khre-ma-TI-sei e-AN GE-nê-tai an-DRI he-TE-rô e-AN de a-po-THA-nê ho a-NÊR e-leu-THE-ra es-TIN a-PO tou NO-mou tou mê EI-nai au-TÊN moi-kha-LI-da ge-no-ME-nên an-DRI he-TE-rô

   accordingly then living the husband an adulteress will be called if becomes to a man another if but dies the husband free is from the law the not to be her an adulteress having become to a man another

Exegesis

The protasis introduced by ean with the aorist middle subjunctive genetai antri heterō {ἐάν γένηται ἀνδρί ἑτέρῳ | e-an gé-nē-tai an-drí he-té-rō} ‘if she becomes to another man’ expresses the marital transition.

The articular infinitive construction tou mē einai autēn moindreida genomenēn antri heterō {τοῦ μὴ εἶναι αὐτὴν μοιχαλίδα γενομένην ἀνδρί ἑτέρῳ | toû mē ei-nai au-tḗn moi-kha-LÍ-da ge-no-MÉ-nēn an-drí he-TÉ-rō} functions as an explanatory result: it explains why she is no longer an adulteress after entering a new marriage when the first husband has died. The balanced conditional structure underscores Paul’s analogy about believers’ relationship to law—bondage under its terms and liberation through a decisive change.