5: Adjectives, The Verb “to Be” and Nouns of the 1st Declension 59 The Agreement of Adjectives with Their Governing Nouns..................59 The Positions of the Adjective................................................................59 The Verb “to be” (εἰμί) in the Present Indicative..................................62 Predicate Nouns and Adjectives.............................................................63 Word Order for Predicate Nouns and Adjectives...................................64 Diagramming Adjectives and Predicate Nominatives............................64 Nouns of the First Declension (καρδία, φωνή, δόξα)...........................65 New Testament Exploration...................................................................65 Digging Deeper into the New Testament Text.......................................65 Chapter Five Vocabulary........................................................................67 Exercises.................................................................................................69
6: Prepositions
71
Building the Prepositional Phrase..........................................................71 The 17 Greek Prepositional Phrases.......................................................72 Some Changes in the Appearance of Prepositions.................................74 The Meaning of Prepositions (Simple Glosses, Complex Possibilities).75 Adjectival and Adverbial Roles of Prepositions.....................................75 Prefixed Prepositions..............................................................................76 New Testament Exploration...................................................................78 Digging Deeper into the New Testament Text.......................................78 Exercises ................................................................................................80
7: Pronouns
83
Pronouns as Substitutes for Nouns.........................................................83 The Rules of Substitutes for Nouns........................................................84 An Overview of 7 Types of Greek Pronouns.........................................85 Demonstrative Pronouns (near οὗτος and far ἐκεῖνος)..........................86 Personal Pronouns (1st ἐγώ, 2nd σύ, and 3rd αὐτός)............................88 The Uses of (forms of) the Personal Pronoun........................................89 New Testament Exploration...................................................................90 Digging Deeper into the New Testament Text.......................................91 Chapter Seven Vocabulary.....................................................................91 Exercises ................................................................................................93
8: Conjunctions
97
Co-Ordinate Conjunction (the joining of like-element together)...........97 Sub-Ordinate Conjunctions (joining dependent clauses to main clauses).............................................................................................97 Diagramming Co-Ordinate and Sub-Ordinate Clauses..........................98 Three Types of Subordinate Clauses (Adverbial, Adjectival, Noun).....98 Internal Compounds.............................................................................101 Greek Particles.....................................................................................102 New Testament Exploration.................................................................102 Digging Deeper into the New Testament Text.....................................103 Chapter Eight Vocabulary.....................................................................104 Exercises ..............................................................................................107
9: Active, Middle, Passive Voices
109
Active and Passive Voices....................................................................109 Passive Voice, Transitive Verbs, and Sentence Types..........................110 Simple Transitive............................................................................ 110 Transitive with an Indirect Object................................................. 111 Transitive with a Predicate Accusative (noun).............................. 111 Reasons for Using the Passive..............................................................112 The Forms of the Present Passive Indicative of λύω...........................113 An Analysis of the Endings of the Present Passive..............................113 The Forms of the Present Passive for Contract and μι Verbs...............114 The Grammatical Fate of Agents and Instruments in Passive Sentences.......................................................................................115 The Middle Voice.................................................................................115 Middle Voice Forms.............................................................................115 Deponent Verbs....................................................................................115 New Testament Exploration.................................................................116 Digging Deeper into the New Testament Text.....................................116 Chapter Nine Vocabulary.....................................................................117 Exercises...............................................................................................118
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