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New Testament Greek Grammar

Nouns

Nouns in Greek have three genders: (i) masculine (ii) feminine (iii) neuter

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Greek Vowel

Vowels There are seven vowels in Greek: (1) α (2) ε (3) η (4) ι (5) ο (6) υ (7) ω Of these ε and ο are always short, and take about half the time to pronounce as η and … Continue reading

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Use of the Interrogative Pronoun τις

The pronoun τις is sometimes put for the relative; as in Latin qui and quis, and in English, who is both relative and interrogative. Examples, (1) Where τις retains its interrogative meaning, and still must be rendered in Latin by … Continue reading

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Aramaic Style of the Greek New Testament

The national Aramaic or Hebrew element influenced Greek-writing Jewish authors of the Greek New Testament in a threefold manner: (1) It is proable that the speaker or writer quite involuntarily and unconciously rendered a phrase by his mother tounge by … Continue reading

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Indefinite Article

Greeks have no indefinite article. When they wish to designate an individual in a manner undefined, they make use of  τις. This usage is fully adopted in the New Testament.

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Introduction To The New Testament Greek

The character of New Testament diction, although it is pretty definitely marked, was for a long mistaken, or was imperfectly and partially understood by biblical philologists. The reason for this was, the want of acquantaince with the character of the … Continue reading

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