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Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a

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10: Imperfect Tense<br />

3) In your Interlinear at 5:24 you will nd the English word “followed,”<br />

with the <strong>Greek</strong> Imperfect verb beneath it. By using its<br />

vocabulary code (199), you can nd it in Appendix B of the Interlinear,<br />

and then nd its entry in BDAG. Examine this entry, noticing the ve<br />

(5) different senses this verb may have from passage to passage. Which<br />

sense best applies here in Mark? How might you know that option 3 [to<br />

be a committed follower] probably does not work here? Do you see how<br />

a <strong>Greek</strong> word might have a “theologically insignicant” sense, while in<br />

other contexts might bear a “highly theologically signicant” sense?<br />

4) In Wallace’s Intermediate Grammar The Basics of NT Syntax nd pages<br />

232-238 [<strong>Greek</strong> Grammar Beyond the Basics, pages 540–553]. Read these<br />

pages carefully, and follow closely the various nuances (subtle senses)<br />

of the Imperfect described here. Which uses of the Imperfect can be<br />

translated into English with a simple “was/were x’ing” formula, and which<br />

cannot? You might want to highlight Wallace’s translation proposals<br />

(which he also calls ‘keys to identication’) to help you identify more<br />

clearly each nuance.<br />

Alpha Contract Verbs [Shown uncontracted to reveal the root]<br />

<br />

[]<br />

I see, perceive,<br />

experience<br />

[] I love.<br />

[] I live, I am alive.<br />

<br />

[]<br />

I beget, I sire, I give<br />

birth to.<br />

Epsilon Contract Verbs [Shown uncontracted to reveal the root]<br />

[] I speak.<br />

[] I call.<br />

Found with 7 different<br />

prexes.<br />

Found with 0 different<br />

prexes!<br />

Found with 2 different<br />

prexes.<br />

Found with 1 prex.<br />

Found with 6 different<br />

prexes.<br />

Found with 10 different<br />

prexes.<br />

131<br />

Chapter Ten Vocabulary<br />

We will now add our last installment of vocabulary for this semester, bringing our<br />

total to around 160 words. [Chapters 11 and 12 will have no new vocabulary.] With<br />

the words below added into your memory bank, you will have learned most words<br />

that occur 100 times or more in the GNT. [The major exception is the set of third<br />

declension nouns and adjectives used 100 times or more, about 20 in number.]<br />

[] I seek.<br />

[] I follow.<br />

The Imperfect of the Verb “To Be”<br />

Found with 4 different<br />

prexes.<br />

Found with 5 different<br />

prexes. [… “I follow<br />

someone” (in the dative)]<br />

The following words, all contract verbs, follow the same pattern as the alpha or<br />

epsilon contract verbs you have already learned. Notice that they all form their First<br />

Principal Part by moving down Assembly Line A (i.e. no change is made to the verb<br />

root). The verb root is easily visible in the Dictionary Entry (the First Principal Part).<br />

Singular<br />

Plural<br />

1st μ I was μ we were<br />

2nd you were you were<br />

3rd he/she/it was they were

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