Learning To Use New Testament Greek

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Learning To Use New Testament Greek

• Lesson XVI

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Prepositions With One Case

• ajpov
• 645 occurrences
• Always in the genitive case
• Most frequently rendered from, away from or of
• I received the book from the brother. (ajpov tou
  ajdelfou)
• Contains the allomorphs ajp before a vowel (ajp
  ejmou from me) and ajf before a rough
  breathing mark. (ajf hJmwn from us)

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Prepositions With One Case

• eijV
• 1753 occurrences
• Always in the accusative case
• Most frequently rendered into, to, for or
  in
• I walked into the house. (eijV ton oikou.)

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Prepositions With One Case

• ejkv
• 915 occurrences
• Always in the genitive case
• Most frequently rendered out of, from or by
• I went out of the temple. (ejk tou iJerou)
• Contains allomorph ejx before a vowel (ejx oikou
  out of a house)

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Prepositions With One Case

• ejnv
• 2713 occurrences
• Always in the dative case
• Most frequently rendered in, within, by,
  with or among
• I got lost in the crowd. (ejn tw oclw/)
• ejn is sometimes used to express impersonal
  agency

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Prepositions With One Case

• Note
• A preposition is always to be read in conjunction
  with what it governs in a sentence.
• This combination is called a prepositional phrase
  and is a single unit of meaning.
• Hence, ejn tw oclw/ is not to be read as ejn
  (in) plus tw oxlw (for the crowd) but rather as
  a single unit of thought (in the crowd).

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luvw ton doulon ejn th/ ejkklhsiva.

• I loose the servant in the church.

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blevpomen touV oikouV twn neaniwn.

• We see the houses of the young men.

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levgei oJ aggeloV lovgouV qanavtou toiV
ocloiV.

• The messenger speaks words of death to the
  soldiers.

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oiJ ajdelfoi twn maqhtwn ajkouvsousi touV
lovgouV tou qeou.

• The brothers of the disciples will hear the words
  of God.

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gravyei oJ ajpovstoloV parabolhn toiV ocloiV.

• The apostle will write a parable for the crowds.

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ajgavphn kai sofivan kai caran ecousin oiJ
uiJoi twn ajpostovlwn.

• The sons of the apostles have love and wisdom and
  joy.

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ginwvskousin oiJ maqhtai thn didachn tou
ajpostovlou.

• The disciples know the teaching of the apostle.

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gravfei touV lovgouV grafhV oJ profhvthV tou
qeou.

• The prophet of God writes the words of Scripture.

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hJ oJdoV toukurivou ejstin hJ oJdoV caraV
kai parrahsivaV.

• The way of the Lord is the way of life and truth.

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oiJ uJpokritai ouj ginwvskousi thn oJdon zwhV
kai ajlhqeivaV.

• The hypocrites do not know the way of life and
  truth.

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dwra ajpo twn sunagwgwn lambavnei oJ
ajpovstoloV tou Messivou.

• The apostle of the Messiah receives gifts from
  the synagogues.

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ginwvskei thn kardivan ajnqrwvpou oJ qeovV.

• God knows the heart of man.

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eijmi hJ oJdoV kai hJ ajlhvqeia kai hJ zwhv.

• I am the way and the truth and the life.

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touV maqhtaV tou kurivon kai touV profhvtaV
tou qeou kai touV uiJouV twn ajpostoclwn
axomen ejk twn oijkwn aJmqrtivaV.

• We will lead the disciples of the Lord and the
  prophets of God and the sons of the apostles out
  of the houses of sin.

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oiJ aggeloi ginwvskousi to eujaggevllion
ajlhqeivaV, ajlla telwvnai ouj ginwvskousi thn
oJdon eijV thn basileivan dikaiosuvnhV.

• The messengers know the gospel of truth, but tax
  collectors do not know the way into the kingdom
  of righteousness.

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lambavnousi stratiwvtai ta dwra ajpo twn
uiJwn twn ajpostovlwn.

• Soldiers take the gifts from the sons of the
  apostles.

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eijmi neanivaV ajll j ei\ anqrwpoV tou qeou.

• I am a young man, but you are a man of God.

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thn hJmevran kai thn wran swthrivaV ouj
ginwvskomen.

• We do not know the day and the hour of salvation.