Bible Greek Basic Grammar of the Greek New Testament John Pappas A companion book for the Bible Greek Vpod Internet Video Instruction Program biblegreekvpod.com Copyright by John Peter Pappas, Th.M, Th.D 2008, 2016 ii Table of Contents THE METHOD ............................................................................................................................................ 1 THE STORY OF LANGUAGE .................................................................................................................. 2 THE STORY OF GREEK ................................................................................................................................ 2 THE GREEK OF PALESTINE ......................................................................................................................... 3 THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS AND MODERN TOOLS.......................................................... 4 THE GREEK ALPHABET ......................................................................................................................... 6 THE VOWELS .............................................................................................................................................. 7 THE DIPHTHONG......................................................................................................................................... 7 SYLLABLES ................................................................................................................................................. 7 PRONUNCIATION......................................................................................................................................... 8 BREATHING MARKS ................................................................................................................................... 8 ACCENT MARKS ......................................................................................................................................... 8 PUNCTUATION MARKS ............................................................................................................................... 8 A FINAL WORD............................................................................................................................................ 9 PRACTICE ................................................................................................................................................... 9 PRESENT ACTIVE INDICATIVE VERBS .............................................................................................10 VOCABULARY ...........................................................................................................................................10 THE GREEK VERB ......................................................................................................................................10 PRESENT ACTIVE INDICATIVE ...................................................................................................................11 PARSING VERBS ........................................................................................................................................12 THE PRESENT ACTIVE INDICATIVE ............................................................................................................12 THE PRESENT ACTIVE INFINITIVE ..............................................................................................................12 PRACTICE ..................................................................................................................................................12 SECOND DECLENSION NOUNS ............................................................................................................14 VOCABULARY ...........................................................................................................................................14 THE GREEK NOUN .....................................................................................................................................14 THE SECOND DECLENSION NOUN ..............................................................................................................15 SECOND DECLENSION ENDINGS - MASCULINE ...........................................................................................15 SECOND DECLENSION ENDINGS - NEUTER .................................................................................................15 THE ARTICLE .............................................................................................................................................15 SECOND DECLENSION ARTICLE - MASCULINE ...........................................................................................16 SECOND DECLENSION ARTICLE - NEUTER .................................................................................................16 THE ADJECTIVE .........................................................................................................................................17 PRACTICE ..................................................................................................................................................17 FIRST DECLENSION NOUNS .................................................................................................................18 VOCABULARY ...........................................................................................................................................18 FIRST DECLENSION NOUNS .......................................................................................................................18 FIRST DECLENSION ARTICLE .....................................................................................................................18 FEMININE FORMS ......................................................................................................................................18 MASCULINE FORMS ...................................................................................................................................20 PRACTICE ..................................................................................................................................................20 PRESENT PASSIVE AND MIDDLE INDICATIVE VERBS ................................................................22 VOCABULARY ...........................................................................................................................................22 THE PRESENT PASSIVE INDICATIVE ...........................................................................................................22 THE PRESENT MIDDLE INDICATIVE ...........................................................................................................22 i PRESENT PASSIVE AND MIDDLE INDICATIVE FORM ...................................................................................23 PRACTICE ..................................................................................................................................................25 PREPOSITIONS .........................................................................................................................................27 VOCABULARY ...........................................................................................................................................27 PURPOSE OF THE PREPOSITION ..................................................................................................................27 PREPOSITIONS IN COMPOUND WORDS .......................................................................................................28 ELISION IN PREPOSITIONS ..........................................................................................................................28 PRACTICE ..................................................................................................................................................28 PERSONAL PRONOUNS ..........................................................................................................................29 VOCABULARY ...........................................................................................................................................29 PERSONAL PRONOUNS ...............................................................................................................................30 USAGE .......................................................................................................................................................30 PRESENT INDICATIVE OF ΕΙΜΊ ....................................................................................................................31 PRESENT INFINITIVE OF ΕΙΜΊ .....................................................................................................................31 PRACTICE ..................................................................................................................................................31 PRONOUNS.................................................................................................................................................33 VOCABULARY ...........................................................................................................................................33 DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS ....................................................................................................................33 RELATIVE PRONOUNS ................................................................................................................................34