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Greek Lessons
- Grammatical Resistance: Pharaoh’s Syntax of Control in Exodus 10:11
- The Accusation in Quotation: Pauline Perception and Koine Rhetoric
- Healing and Heralding: The Grammar of Kingdom Nearness
- The Word Near You: Syntax, Faith, and the Internalization of Truth in Romans 10:8
- Synonyms: Image and Likeness: εἰκών, ὁμοίωσις, and ὁμοίωμα in the Greek New Testament
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Declensions in the Storm: Case Usage in Matthew 8:26
Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· τί δειλοί ἐστε, ὀλιγόπιστοι; τότε ἐγερθεὶς ἐπετίμησε τοῖς ἀνέμοις καὶ τῇ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ ἐγένετο γαλήνη μεγάλη. (Matthew 8:26)
And he says to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then, having risen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Declension Analysis Table Greek Form Morphology Case & Function Notes αὐτοῖς 3rd person pronoun, dative masculine plural Dative of indirect object Marks the disciples as the addressees: “he says to them.” δειλοί Adjective, nominative masculine plural Predicate nominative with ἐστε “You are cowardly/afraid.” The nominative agrees with the implied subject ὑμεῖς.… Learn Koine Greek