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Greek Lessons
- Verbal Aspect in New Testament Greek: Imperfective vs. Perfective
- Chiasmus, Inclusio, and Anaphora in New Testament Greek
- Numbered and Named: Genitive Constructions and Enumerated Tribes in Revelation 7:7
- Semantic Range of Greek Verbs in the New Testament: A Case Study on ἀγαπάω and φιλέω
- Released to Serve Anew: Aorist Passives, Participles, and the Tension of Transformation in Romans 7:6
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Greek Personal Pronouns: Nominative Case
The Personal Pronouns, in the Nominative Case
A personal pronoun, when expressed as the subject of a verb, is usually, if not always, emphatic.
(1) εγω εχω I have
ο δε ιωαννης διεκωλυεν αυτον λεγων εγω χρειαν εχω υπο σου βαπτισθηναι και συ ερχη προς με (Matthew 3:14)
but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized–and thou dost come unto me!’
(2) συ εχεις Thou hast, You (singular) have
συ πιστιν εχεις κατα σαυτον εχε ενωπιον του θεου μακαριος ο μη κρινων εαυτον εν ω δοκιμαζει (Romans 14:22)
You (singular) have faith! to thyself have it before God; happy is he who is not judging himself in what he doth approve,
(3) ημεις εχομεν We have
απεκριθησαν αυτω οι ιουδαιοι ημεις νομον εχομεν και κατα τον νομον ημων οφειλει αποθανειν οτι εαυτον υιον του θεου εποιησεν (John 19:7)
the Jews answered him, `We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, for he made himself Son of God.’… Learn Koine Greek