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New Testament Greek Grammar

Δὲ καὶ differs from καὶ δέ

Δὲ καὶ differs from καὶ δέ. In the latter, καὶ connects the whole member following it with what precedes; in the former καὶ, being augmentative or exaggerative, influence only the word immediately construed with it, and δὲ shows more evidently … Continue reading

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An Introduction To The Greek of the New Testament By George Lovell Cary

A collection of lessons for New Testament Greek. There are over 80 short lessons, each covering an aspect of verbs, nouns, etc. This is an audio recording of George Lovell Cary’s An Introduction To The Greek of the New Testament. … Continue reading

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Future Indicative: Periphrastic Form of The Future

(1) PERIPHRASTIC FORM OF THE FUTURE. A Future tense composed of a Present Participle and the Future of the verb eivmi, is found occasionally in the New Testament. The force is that of a Progressive Future, with the thought of … Continue reading

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Future Indicative: The Deliberative Future

(1) The Deliberative Future. The Future Indicative is sometimes used in questions of deliberation, asking not what will happen, but what can or ought to be done. Such questions may be real questions asking information, or rhetorical questions taking the place … Continue reading

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Future Indicative: The Gnomic Future

(1) The Gnomic Future. The Future Indicative may be used to state what will customarily happen when occasion offers. Rom. 5:7; μόλις γὰρ ὑπὲρ δικαίου τις ἀποθανεῖται, for scarcely for a righteous man will one die. See also Gen. 44:15; Rom. 7:3, χρηματίσει. Study … Continue reading

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