Basics of Biblical Greek (Mounce) Ch. 15-25
The vocabulary found in chs. 15-25 from William Mounce's Basics of Biblical Greek 4th Ed.
Deponent Verbs (All)
Deponent verbs can be tricky to decipher and understand as their form doesn't conform to the usual rules, but there are thankfully only 34 different types, making up a hefty 2.5% of the New Testament. Eight occur more than 100 times (and γίνομαι and ἔρχομαι each occur more than 600 times). The...
GGD Verb 1 - Present Active Indicative of λύω
Conjugation of λύω in Present Active Indicative. --- Some other verbs that are declined like λύω: ἄγω, ἀκούω, βάλλω, βλέπω, διδάσκω, ἔχω, λαμβάνω, λέγω.
GGD Verb 2 - Present Active Indicative of φιλέω
Conjugation of φιλέω in Present Active Indicative. φιλέω belongs to a group of verbs called -εω verbs and conjugate like λύω, but the weak -ε at the end of the stem (φιλε-) combine with the vowel of the ending (example φιλε- + ετε = φιλειτε). This combining of vowels is called contraction....
GGD Verb 5 - Imperfect Active Indicative
Imperfect Active Indicative of λύω. Imperfect does not mean "faulty" or "defective". One can think of it as "not completed". Imperfect is one of the past tenses in Greek. So the imperfect tense can be thought of as a process in the past, that maybe was not completed. The process in the past...
GGD Verb 6 - First Aorist Active Indicative
The aorist active indicative is the most common verb form in the New Testament. It is commonly used when a story is told. Some examples of aorist verbs translated to English: he blessed he ate he divided