Learning To Use New Testament Greek

Learning To Use New Testament Greek Lesson VI

apostolos apostle

h\n was

swma body

genoV race

o” Qeos God

o””, ἡ,to; the

ἐν in

e”n one

pro;V with

yuch soul

CrisyoV Christ

kardia heart

John 1:4 ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθrώπων.

John 1:5 καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.

Inflection • inflecto (Latin) = I bend • Inflection is bending or altering a word to fit a unique purpose in that particular sentence. o” apostolos blepei tonqeon o” qeoV blepei tonapostolon

Elements Of Greek • Mood • Voice • Person • Number • Tense • **Stem**

Elements Of Greek • Mood • The kind of action to the realm of reality • Indicative – I loose the servant. • Has happened, will happen, is happening (certain) • Subjunctive – Though he loose the servant, I will not go. John 3:16 • The realm of possibility of something happening (wishful) • Imperative – Loose the servant. • The mood of command. • Infinitive – To loose the servant is difficult. • Can express verbal idea without limiting by specifying person & number

Elements Of Greek • Voice • The relationship between the subject and the verb. • Active – the subject is said to perform the action. • The apostle looses the slave. luw • Passive – the subject receives the action of the verb. • The slave is being loosed by the apostle. luomai • Middle – the subject performs the action but for, or to, itself • The slave looses himself. luomai

Elements Of Greek • Person • Expresses whether the subject is speaking (1st person), is being spoken to (2nd person), or is being spoken about (3rd person).

Elements Of Greek • Number • Whether the subject is singular or plural • Tense • Reference to time element (past, present, future) & kind of action (imperfective, aoristic, perfective).

Elements Of Greek

Learning To Use New Testament Greek