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Present Indicative: The Aoristic Present
The Aoristic Present The Present Indicative is sometimes used of an action or event coincident in time with the act of speaking, and conceived of as a simple event. Most frequently the action denoted by the verb is identical with … Continue reading
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Present Indicative: The General Or Gnomic Present
The General Or Gnomic Present The Present Indicative is used to express customary actions and general truths. Matt. 7:17; οὕτως πᾶν δένδρον ἀγαθὸν καρποὺς καλοὺς ποιεῖ, τὸ δὲ σαπρὸν δένδρον καρποὺς πονηροὺς ποιεῖ, Study more …..
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Present Indicative: The Conative Present
The Conative Present The Present Indicative is occasionally used of action attempted, but not accomplished. This use is, however, not to be regarded as a distinct function of the tense. The Conative Present is merely a species of the Progressive … Continue reading
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Present Indicative: The Progressive Present
The Progressive Present The Present Indicative is used of action in progress in present time. Matt. 25:8; αἱ δὲ μωραὶ ταῖς φρονίμοις εἶπαν Δότε ἡμῖν ἐκ τοῦ ἐλαίου ὑμῶν, ὅτι αἱ λαμπάδες ἡμῶν σβέννυνται, our Study more …..
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Tenses Of The Indicative Mood
(1) The significance of the tenses of the Indicative mood may be stated in general as follows: – As respects progress: The Present and Imperfect denote action in progress; the Perfect, Pluperfect, and Future Perfect denote completed action; the Aorist … Continue reading
The Greek Tenses
The action denoted by a verb may be defined by the tense of the verb (a) As respects its progress. Thus it may be represented as in progress, or as completed, or indefinitely, i.e. as a simple event without reference … Continue reading
Greek Has 7 Tenses
There are seven tenses in the Greek:- Present, Imperfect, Aorist, Future, Perfect, Pluperfect, Future Perfect. Those tenses which denote present or future time are called Primary tenses. Those tenses which denote past time are called Secondary tenses. Since the time … Continue reading
The Greek Verb Has 4 Moods
There are four moods in Greek verb:- the Indicative, the Subjunctive, the Optative, and the Imperative. With these are associated in the study of Syntax the Infinitive, which is, strictly speaking, a verbal noun, and the Participle, which is a verbal … Continue reading
