Monthly Archives: February 2011

Greek Personal Pronouns: Nominative Case

The Personal Pronouns, in the Nominative Case A personal pronoun, when expressed as the subject of a verb, is usually, if not always, emphatic. (1) εγω εχω I have ο δε ιωαννης διεκωλυεν αυτον λεγων εγω χρειαν εχω υπο σου … Continue reading

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Why Should Christian Learn New Testament Greek?

That a knowledge of the New Testament in its original language is a thing to be desired by intelligent Christians none will question. No book can be thoroughly known in a translation only; and the Bible, although is known to … Continue reading

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Greek Verb: Present, Indicative, Active

A Verb Ending In -ω In The Present, Indicative, Active Most Greek verbs end in ω in the first person singular of the present, indicative, active. (1) I believe πιστευω και ευθεως κραξας ο πατηρ του παιδιου μετα δακρυων ελεγεν … Continue reading

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Hebrew-Aramaean Complexion of The New Testament Diction

The popular Greek dialect was not spoken and written by the Jews, without some intermixtures of a foreign kind. Particularly did they intermix many idioms and the general complexions of their vernacular language. Hence arose a Judaizing Greek dialect; which … Continue reading

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Greek Lexicon

The word “lexicon” derives from the Greek “λεξικόν” (lexicon), neut. of “λεξικός” (lexikos), “of or for words”, from “λέξις” (lexis), “speech”, “word”, and that from “λέγω” (lego), “to say”, “to speak”. Which New Testament Greek Lexicon to buy? (1) A … Continue reading

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