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 can be of three different possibilites: 1) Continuous process with the English translations using "was" or "were" (I was untying, you were untying). 2) Repeated (or habitual) process with the English translation using "used to" (I used to untie). 3) A process in the past viewed as just beginning (I began to untie). Example Matt 5.2: He opened his mouth (Aorist) and began to teach (Imperfect). To ease memorization of this tense, on can think of it as the past -ing form (e.g. "I was untying").