Mastering NT Greek
13. Third Declension Nouns
By Ted Hildebrandt © 2003 Baker Academic Review Present Active (PAI) verbs
lu lu I loose myself [Mid.] // I am loosed [Pas.] Review the Future Active (FAI) lu lu e@luon e]lu Learn: e@luon: n, s, e, men, te, n Imperfect Middle/Passive (IM/PI) e]luo Learn: e]luo 2 1 2 lo Singular Plural Nom. e]gw< su h[mei?j Gen. mou sou? h[mw?n Dat. moi soi h[mi?n Acc. me se h[ma au]to e]kei?noj, e]kei ei]mi< I am e]sme h@mhn h#men I was We were h#j h#te You were You all were h#n h#san He/she/it was They were Rapping the Lord’s Prayer Pa Second declension: omicron ending nouns (usually masculine or neuter – lo Labials: p, b, or f + s = y Velars: k, g, or x + s = c Dentals: t, d, or q + s = s Same as Future transformations 3 Third Declension Nouns to Master xa pi o@noma, o]no path i[ereu paj, pa?sa, pa?n = all, every Singular (3-1-3) Masc. Fem. Neut. Nom. pa?j pa?sa pa?n Gen. panto paj, pa?sa, pa?n = all, every Plural (3-1-3) Masc. Fem. Neut. Nom. pa a]nh basileu du o@noma, -matoj, to< name Chapter 13 Vocabulary pa?j, pa?sa, pa?n each, every, all Chapter 13 Vocabulary path pi pneu?ma, -atoj, to< spirit, wind Chapter 13 Vocabulary sa xa This is a major milestone in Greek. You now know all the basic declensions for all the nouns in Greek. 2-1-2 and 3. Wallace notes (p. 35): 28,957 nouns in NT Nom. Nouns = 7794; Gen. Nouns = 7681; Dat. Nouns = 4375; Acc. Nouns = 8815; Vocative = 292