Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a

Word Order for Predicate Nouns and Adjectives
In Greek, the sequence in which Subject, Verb, and Predicate Nominative (noun or adjective) may appear is open to all variations. But it is important to realize that the underlying
grammar (the logic of the grammar) does not change. [At this beginning phase of our work, it is probably best to translate all of these variations identically, though the actual context
in the GNT could suggest that some emphasis is being placed on a given word when set at the beginning or at the end of its clause.]
Possible Sequences Examples Translation
Subject—Verb—Predicate The angels are good.
Subject—Predicate—Verb The angels are good.
Verb—Subject—Predicate The angels are good.
Verb—Predicate—Subject The angels are good.
Predicate—Subject—Verb The angels are good.
Predicate—Verb—Subject The angels are good.
Diagramming Adjectives and Predicate Nominatives
Attributive adjectives will be placed beneath the nouns they modify.
The apostle (subject) is (verb) weary (predicate adjective)
holy (adjective)
Substantive adjectives will be placed beneath the (bracketed) implied nouns they modify (e.g. one(s), thing(s)).
The [“ones”] (subject) give (verb) gifts (object)
good (adjective)
Predicate nominatives (whether nouns or adjectives) will be placed to the right of the verb of being, separated by a slanted line. (We will keep articles with their nouns.) When the
subject is known only by the person of the verb, we will enter that implied pronoun (I, you, he/she/it, we, you, they) in brackets in the subject slot.
[He] (subject) is (verb) an apostle (predicate noun)
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