Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a

Contents
Preface ....................................................................................................vi
Preface to the First Edition (Under Revision) .....................................viii
Publisher’s Note ......................................................................................x
1: Reading Greek Aloud 1
The Alphabet ...........................................................................................1
Vowels and Diphthongs ...........................................................................3
Consonants and Consonant Combinations ..............................................5
Additional Marks .....................................................................................5
Breathing Marks ...............................................................................5
Accent Marks ....................................................................................5
Punctuation Marks ............................................................................6
The Apostrophe .................................................................................7
The Diaeresis ....................................................................................7
The Coronis .......................................................................................7
Syllables ............................................................................................7
Digging into the New Testament Text .....................................................9
Drills and Exercises ...............................................................................11
2: Introduction to Verbs in the Present Active Indicative 15
The Forms of the Present Active Indicative of ..............................15
Understanding Verb Parsing ..................................................................16
The Meaning of the Indicative Mood ..............................................16
The Meaning of the Present Tense (and Tenses) .............................16
Time in the Indicative Mood ...............................................................17
Aspect (Internal, External, Perfect) in all Moods ..............................17
The Meaning of Person (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) ....................................20
The Meaning of Number (Singular, Plural) ....................................21
The Meaning of Voice (Active, Middle, Passive) ............................21
Anatomy of the Forms of the Present Active Indicative of ...........23
Verbs with Roots ending in Short Vowels (Contract Verbs) ..................24
Verbs with Roots Ending in Short Vowels (Contract Verbs) .................25
Verbs Without Connecting Vowels (μ Verbs) .......................................26
Digging into the New Testament Text ...................................................28
Chapter Two Vocabulary .......................................................................29
Exercises ................................................................................................30
3: Nouns and Their Cases 35
Building a Simple Sentence in Greek ....................................................35
An Introduction to Cases .......................................................................37
The Nominative Case: .....................................................................37
The Accusative Case: ......................................................................37
The Genitive Case ...........................................................................38
The Dative Case ..............................................................................40
The Vocative Case ...........................................................................40
The Number of Nouns ...........................................................................41
The Forms of Nouns of the 2nd Declension ..........................................42
Diagramming Simple Sentences ...........................................................43
New Testament Exploration ..................................................................45
Digging Deeper into the New Testament Text ......................................45
Chapter Three Vocabulary .....................................................................46
Exercises ................................................................................................47
4: The (Denite) Article 51
The Logic and Use of the (Denite) Article ..........................................51
The Forms of the (Denite) Article .......................................................53
The Article Linked (in agreement) with Nouns .....................................53
An Overview of the Ten Parts of Speech ..............................................54
New Testament Exploration ..................................................................55
Digging Deeper into the New Testament Text ......................................55
Chapter Four Vocabulary .......................................................................56
Exercises ...............................................................................................57
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