NT 501 Greek II Session 9

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NT 501Greek II- Session 9

• Using the texts of Dr. Bill Mounce

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Perfect Participles

• The perfect participle is formed from the
  perfect tense stems (including reduplication) and
  indicates a completed action with results
  continuing into the present (of the speaker, not
  the reader).
• A genitive absolute is a participial construction
  in which a participle and noun/pronoun in the
  genitive are not connected to any word in the
  rest of the sentence

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Perfect Participles

• A periphrastic construction consists of a
  participle and a form of eijmiv, and is used in
  place of a finite verbal form
• There are other ways to translate adverbial
  participles

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Perfect Participles

• The Perfect Participle is formed on the 4th and
  5th principal parts and carries the same
  significance that the perfect does in the
  indicative. It indicates a completed action that
  has consequences in the present.

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Perfect Participle- Translation

• Generally, use (after) having and the past
  perfect form of the verb.
• Example After having eaten

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Perfect Participle- Reduplication

• Retain the reduplication

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Perfect Participle Active Chart

• Reduplication Perfect Tense Stem Tense
  Formative (k) Participle Morpheme Case
  Endings
• le lu k ot eV lelukovteV

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Perfect Participle- Active Morpheme

• The active morpheme of the masculine and neuter
  is ot which looks like kot when joined with the
  tense formative
• The active morpheme of the feminine is uia and
  will appear as kuia

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Perfect Participle Middle/Passive Chart

• Reduplication Perfect Tense Stem Participle
  Morpheme Case Endings
• le lu meno i lelumevnoi

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Perfect Participle- Middle/ Passive Morpheme

• The Middle/Passive morpheme of the masculine and
  neuter is meno/h which, when joined with the
  connecting vowel looks like omeno/h

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Genitive Absolute

• The grammatical definition of an absolute
  construction is a construction that has no
  grammatical relationship to the rest of the
  sentence.

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Genitive Absolute

• A genitive absolute is a noun or a pronoun and a
  participle in the genitive that are not
  grammatically connected to the rest of the
  sentence.

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Genitive Absolute

• Noun/pronoun participle
• Noun/pronoun in genitive case
• Usually early in the sentence
• Dealing w/ time OR description stands alone

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Genitive Absolute

• Mar 1443 ?a? e???e??, ?t? a??t??? ?a?????t??,
  pa?a???eta? ????da?
• Mar 1443 And at once, while He was still
  speaking, Judas came

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Genitive Absolute

• Mar 1466 ?a? ??t?? t??? ?et??? ?at? e?? t???
  a?????? ???eta? µ?a t??? pa?d?s???? t???
  a????e?e??,
• Mar 1466 While Peter was down below in the
  courtyard, one of the serving maids of the high
  priest came

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Genitive Absolute- Translation

• The translation of the genitive absolute is
  idiomatic You cannot translate it word for word
• Present- translate while
• Aorist- translate after
• If there is a subject in the genitive, use it and
  the finite form of the verb while/after he
  heard

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Periphrastic Construction

• The Greek will use eijmi as a helping verb.
• Originally, this was used to emphasize the
  continuous force of the participle
• The normal, biblical use of this is found in 3rd
  person plural, perfect middle/passive

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Periphrastic Construction- translation

• Translate just as you would the regular formation
  of the tense
• Rely on context

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Periphrastic Construction- translation chart
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Alternate translations for Adverbial Participles

• Instrumental participle use key word by- we
  toil by working
• Regular verb use the finite verb- But Jesus
  answered
• Concessive participle use key word though
  though sinning
• Rely on context!!!

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Master Participle Chart

• p. 266-267
• Summary

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Assignment

• Workbook-
• Complete Parsing section 1-10
• Complete warm-up section a-h
• Complete translation section 1-10
• Text- chapter 31