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A.T. Robertson active adjective Adjectives Aorist Aorist Indicative benefacere bonus castitas certamen Ernest De Witt Burton Friedrich Wilhelm Blass Future Indicative Georg Benedikt Winer Hebrew ignorantia ignotus Imperfect Indicative iniquitas laus Present Indicative sanctificare sanctificatio sanctus verb vigilare Κοινή θαυμαζω πάντες τις ܐܚܐ ܐܡܢ ܒܐܫ ܕܒܪ ܕܟܐ ܕܡ ܚܒ ܚܛܐ ܣܟܠ ܥܘܠ ܥܩ ܨܕ ܩܕܫ ܫܒܚ ܫܘܩܐ
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Imperfect Indicative: The Conative Imperfect
THE CONATIVE IMPERFECT The Progressive Imperfect is sometimes used of action attempted, but not accomplished. Cf. THE CONATIVE PRESENT. Matt. 3:14; ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης διεκώλυεν αὐτὸν, but he would have hindered him. See also Luke 1:59, ἐκάλουν; 15:16, ἐδίδου; Study … Continue reading
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Tagged Conative Imperfect, Progressive Imperfect, ἐδίδου, ἐκάλουν, ἠνάγκαζον, συνήλλασσεν
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Imperfect Indicative: The Progressive Imperfect
THE PROGRESSIVE IMPERFECT The Imperfect is used of action in progress in past time. Mark 12:41; καὶ πολλοὶ πλούσιοι ἔβαλλον πολλά, and many that were rich were casting in much. Luke 1:66; καὶ γὰρ χεὶρ κυρίου ἦν μετ’ αὐτοῦ, for … Continue reading
Present Indicative: Periphrastic Form Of The Present
PERIPHRASTIC FORM OF THE PRESENT One of the clearly marked peculiarities of the Greek of the New Testament is the frequency with which periphrastic forms composed of a Present or Perfect Participle (Luke 23:19 is quite exceptional in its use … Continue reading
Present Indicative: The Present Of Past Action Still In Progress
The Present Of Past Action Still In Progress The Present Indicative, accompanied by an adverbial expression denoting duration and referring to past time, is sometimes used in Greek, as in German, to describe an action which, beginning in past time, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aorist Indicative, Present Indicative, δουλεύω, ἔρχομαι, ἔχει, οἶδας, πάρλαι, πάρος, ποτὲ
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Present Indicative: The Present For The Future
The Present For The Future In a similar way the Present Indicative may be used to describe vividly a future event. Mark 9:31; Ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοται εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων, the Son of man is delivered into the hands … Continue reading
