Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a

2: Introduction to Verbs in the Present Active Indicative
Chapter Two Vocabulary
Our goal throughout the rst 12 chapters of this course is to acquaint you with
words that are found 100 times or more in the GNT. We will be presenting them in
meaningful groups, as far as possible, to make memorization easier. In this rst lesson
we will retain our focus on verbs, with the only exception being the conjunction .
We will also be introducing the idea of verb roots, but without explanation at this
point. For now it is enough merely to see the roots as they appear in brackets below,
and to be aware that down underneath each verb is a basic point of origin, the root,
from which all other forms are generated. You will notice that some verbs in the
Present Active Indicative look exactly like their roots, while other verbs appear to have
modied their roots considerably. Again, for now we just want to get accustomed to
the idea of the root. Please note that each word in the vocabulary list will follow the
general pattern of in the table on page 27, unless the word appears explicitly
in that table.
[] I see
[] I preach, proclaim
[] I say
[] I send (out, away)
μ [] I take, or receive
[] I know
[] I hear, obey
[] I write
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[] I destroy
μ* [μ] I honor
* [] I make, do
* [] I show, explain
and [conjunction]
*The asterisked forms above are shown in uncontracted form for the sake of
vocabulary acquisition. In “real” Greek text, these forms would appear only in
contracted form (i.e. μ ). In a lexicon, these forms will appear in
uncontracted form. (i.e. μ ).
μ [] I give
μ [] I put, place, lay
μ [] I set, place, stand
μ [] I show, explain