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Second Aorist Active & Middle Indictative Chapter 22. The Use of the Aorist Tense. There are three tenses in the Greek that are used for the past tense. Aorist Perfect Imperfect The aorist tense describes either… Simple action (usually in the past) Punctiliar action (point action).
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The Use of the Aorist Tense • There are three tenses in the Greek that are used for the past tense. • Aorist • Perfect • Imperfect • The aorist tense describes either… • Simple action (usually in the past) • Punctiliar action (point action)
There are two ways the Aorist can be formed • The First Aorist (Regular formation) • The Second Aorist (Irregular formation) These forms do not affect the meaning; a first aorist means the same thing as a second aorist
There are two ways the Aorist can be formed • The First Aorist (Regular formation) • The Second Aorist (Irregular formation) Regular English formation: Put “ed” on the end of a word. Irregular English formation: “Swam” instead of “swimmed.”
What distinguishes a 2nd Aorist is that the stem actually changes
2nd Aorist Active Imperfect Active Present Active e;labon S evla,mbanon lambanw e;labej evla,mbanej lambaneij e;labe(n) evla,mbane(n) lambanei e;labomen e;lambanomen lambanomen P e;labete evlamba,nete lambanete e;labon evlamba,non lambanousin
Present Tense Imperfect Tense Aorist Tense of eivmi (ginomai) S eivmi, evgeno,mhn h;mhn ei= evge,nou h=j evsti,(n) evge,neto h=n evsme,n evgeno,meqa P h=men evste, evge,nesqe h=te eivsi,(n) evge,nonto h=san