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Understanding NT Greek Particles: Their Functions and Uses
Greek particles are an essential part of understanding New Testament Greek, as they modify or add nuance to sentences. Particles in Koine Greek often lack a direct English translation because they perform a variety of subtle grammatical and rhetorical functions. … Continue reading
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A Comprehensive Guide to NT Greek Particles by Frequency
Understanding the role of particles in NT Greek is vital for anyone studying the New Testament. Recognizing how these small words function can significantly enhance comprehension and interpretation of the text. As students become familiar with the various particles, they … Continue reading
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Nouns in New Testament Greek
1. Definition and Function Definition of a Noun: A noun (ὄνομα) is a word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea. Functions of Nouns in a Sentence: Nouns can serve multiple roles, such as: Subject: The main actor in … Continue reading
Crasis in New Testament Greek
Definition of Crasis Crasis (Greek: κρᾶσις) is a linguistic phenomenon in Greek where two adjacent words, especially when one ends in a vowel and the next begins with a vowel, combine to form a single word. The term itself means … Continue reading
Identifying Adverbs in New Testament Greek: A Practical Guide
Adverbs in New Testament Greek modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, providing detail on how, when, or where an action occurs. Recognizing adverbs is essential for accurate interpretation and translation. 1. Basic Function of Adverbs Adverbs provide additional information about … Continue reading
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Identifying Adjectives in New Testament Greek: A Practical Guide
Spotting adjectives in New Testament Greek can be a bit tricky at first, but there are some key patterns and grammar rules to help. This guide offers practical tips for recognizing adjectives in New Testament Greek, an essential skill for … Continue reading
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Learning New Testament Greek: Avoiding Common Student Mistakes
Learning New Testament Greek can be challenging, and students often encounter several common pitfalls. Here are some mistakes that new students typically make and suggestions on how to avoid them: 1. Neglecting Vocabulary Mistake: Students often focus too much on … Continue reading
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Understanding Correlative Pronouns and Adverbs in NT Greek
In New Testament Greek, correlative pronouns and adverbs play a significant role in connecting ideas and providing clarity in descriptions of place, manner, time, and more. These correlatives appear in various categories like demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite, and relative pronouns and … Continue reading
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Mastering Greek Verb Endings in the New Testament
Greek Verb Endings in the New Testament: A Comprehensive Guide In New Testament Greek, verb endings help us determine the grammatical person (first, second, third) and number (singular, plural), as well as the tense (e.g., present, future, aorist) and voice … Continue reading
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
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
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
Future Indicative: The Imperative Future
(1) The Imperative Future. The second person of the Future Indicative is often used as an Imperative. Jas. 2:8; Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. REMARK 1. This idiom as it occurs in the New Testament … Continue reading
Future Indicative: The Progressive Future
THE PROGRESSIVE FUTURE (1) The Progressive Future affirms that an action will be in progress in future time. Phil. 1:18; καὶ ἐν τούτῳ χαίρω ἀλλὰ καὶ χαρήσομαι, and therein I rejoice, yea, and will [continue to] rejoice. See also Rom. … Continue reading
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Future Indicative: The Aoristic Future
THE AORISTIC FUTURE The Aoristic Future conceives of an action simply as an event, and affirms that it will take place in future time. It may be indefinite, inceptive, or resultative. As indefinite it may be momentary, comprehensive, or collective. … Continue reading
Future Indicative: The Predictive Future
THE PREDICTIVE FUTURE The Future Indicative is most frequently used to affirm that an action is to take place in future time. Since it does not mark the distinction between action in progress and action conceived of indefinitely without reference … Continue reading
Aorist Indicative: The Disctinction Between The Aorist And The Imperfect
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE AORIST AND THE IMPERFECT (1) The difference between an Historical Aorist and an Imperfect of action in progress or repeated being one not of the nature of the fact but of the speaker’s conception of the … Continue reading
Aorist Indicative: English Equivalents Of The Greek Aorist Indicative
ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS OF THE GREEK AORIST INDICATIVE (1) It should be observed that the Aorist for the Perfect and the Aorist for the Pluperfect are not variations from the normal use of the Greek Aorist. Viewed strictly from the point … Continue reading
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