Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a
Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a
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 />
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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