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Punctuation In The Greek New Testament

In the edition of the New Testament down to that of Griesbach inclusive, the punctuation was not only deficient in uniformity, but was also excessive. To make the meaning clearer, editors introduced a profusion of stops, especially commas; and in … Continue reading

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The Origin of the Greek Definite Article

The Sanskrit and Latin did not develop any article at all, and the Greek never developed the indefinite usage to any extent. Moreover, the Greek was slow in creating the definite article, though in Homer we do have the beginning … Continue reading

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The Indefinite Article In Greek

The Latin had no article, as the Greek has no indefinite article. Not even in the modern Greek has the indefinite article of the Teutonic and Roman tounges developed, though occasionally εις or τις is used with little more force … Continue reading

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Comparison of Adjectives

There are two general forms. (1) First Form Comparative -τερος -τερα -τερον Superlative -τατος -τατη -τατον (a) These terminations are added to the adjective stem. Thus:- πιστος faithful πιστοτερος πιστοτερα πιστοτερον – Study more …..

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The Voices of the Greek Verb

The system of three voices of the verb – active (transitive), passive (instransitive), and middle (i.e. transitive with the reference to the subject) – remains on the whole the same in the New Testament as in the classical language. In … Continue reading

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