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    Biblical Greek: A Compact Guide: Second Edition
    Biblical Greek: A Compact Guide: Second Edition
    Biblical Greek: A Compact Guide: Second Edition
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    Biblical Greek: A Compact Guide: Second Edition

    By William D. Mounce

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    Biblical Greek: A Compact Guide, Second Edition by William D. Mounce is a handy, at-a-glance reference for students, pastors, and teachers.

    It follows the organization and format of the fourth edition of Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar, but it's also usable by students who learned with a different grammar. By limiting its discussion to the "nuts and bolts," Greek language students working on translation and exegesis will more quickly and easily find the relevant grammatical refreshers. Students can, for example, check on the range of meaning for a particular word or make sure they remember how aorist participles function in a sentence.

    The paradigms, word lists, and basic discussions in Biblical Greek: A Compact Guide, Second Edition points students in the right direction and allow them to focus on more advanced Greek study.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateApr 16, 2019
    ISBN9780310097716
    Biblical Greek: A Compact Guide: Second Edition
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    William D. Mounce

    William D. Mounce (PhD, Aberdeen University) lives as a writer in Washougal, Washington. He is the President of BiblicalTraining.org, a non-profit organization offering world-class educational resources for discipleship in the local church. See BillMounce.com for more information. Formerly he was a preaching pastor, and prior to that a professor of New Testament and director of the Greek Program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of the bestselling Greek textbook, Basics of Biblical Greek, and many other resources. He was the New Testament chair of the English Standard Version translation of the Bible, and is serving on the NIV translation committee.

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      Biblical Greek - William D. Mounce

      Preface

      Second year Greek and beyond can be a bit daunting. You have left the comfortable and controlled confines of your first year grammar, and you are carrying your Greek Testament and trying to use it in sermons and classes. And yet, with all that you learned in first year, there is much to be reviewed and much to forget.

      This minigrammar is designed to fit well with your Greek Testament, and contains the information you need when using Greek. It can function as a review, quick reference, and has new material to help you move into second year grammar. It is not a replacement for a full lexicon or grammar, but it can start you down the right path. Have fun.

      Abbreviations

      BASICS

      Greek Alphabet

      Name (English and Greek), transliteration, capital and small form, pronunciation

      Diphthongs

      The second vowel of a diphthong is an ι or υ.²

      Notes

      ¹ Gamma (γ) usually has a hard g sound, as in get. However, when it is immediately followed by γ, κ, χ, or ξ, it is pronounced as a n.

      ¹ u if part of a diphthong, otherwise y.

      ² ωυ is used in Classical Greek, but occurs in the NT only in the name Μωϋσῆς where there is always a diaeresis, indicating that it is not a diphthong.

      Contractions

      Single Vowels

      Here are all possible contractions of single vowels. The four most common are in blue.

      Vowels and Diphthongs

      Rules of Contraction

      1. ου is formed from εο, οε, and οο.

      2. ει is formed from εε.

      3. ω is formed from almost any combination of omicron or omega with any other vowel, except for rule 1.

      4. α is formed from αε.

      5. η is formed from εα.

      6. Miscellaneous

      7. The contraction of diphthongs

      ■ If the contract vowel and the first vowel of the diphthong are the same, they simplify (i.e., one of the double letters drops off).

      ■ If the contract vowel and the first vowel of the diphthong are different, they contract. If the second vowel of the diphthong is an iota, it subscripts if possible; if it is an upsilon, it drops off.

      8. Contract verbs contract as if the true personal endings are those visible in the present active indicative.

      Notes

      ³ Genuine diphthong (not formed by a contraction)

      ⁴ Spurious diphthong (formed by a contraction)

      ¹ In the first person singular of epsilon and omicron contracts, there is one extra step in the contraction process. No personal ending is used, so the connecting vowel lengthens to compensate, and the ensuing contraction is between the contract vowel and the lengthened connecting vowel. ποιεο → ποιεω → ποιῶ. πληροο → πληροω → πληρῶ.

      Accent Rules

      The acute ( ˊ ) can occur on any of the last three syllables: ἀκηκόαμεν. λόγου. αὐτός.

      The circumflex ( ̑ ) can occur only on one of the last two syllables and will always be over a long vowel:¹ πλανῶμεν. ἀρχῆς.

      The grave ( ˋ ) is formed when a word is normally accented with an acute on the final syllable. When the word is not followed by a punctuation mark, then the acute becomes a grave: καὶ νῦν.

      Accents on nouns try to stay on the same syllable (consistent accent). Accents on verbs try to move as far back toward the beginning of the verb as possible (recessive accent).

      Enclitics are words pronounced so closely with the preceding word that the accent rules behave as if both words are one word. What this often means is that the accent over the enclitic will back up onto the preceding word.²

      Enclitics include γέ, εἰμί (except εἶ), μου, πέρ, ποτέ, πού, πώ, πώς, σύ, τέ, τοί, τίς, present indicative of φημί (except φῇς). ἐστιν can be unaccented, or accented ἔστιν and ἐστίν.

      Proclitics have no accent as they lean forward to the following word. They include the article (masc. and fem.), some prepositions (εἰς, ἐκ, ἐν), conjunctions (εἰ, ὡς), and the negation οὐ (οὐκ, οὐχ).

      Notes

      ¹ η and ω are long vowels. ᾳ is always long. α, ι, and υ can be either long or short.

      ² The preceding word will be oxytone, i.e., it has an acute on its final syllable.

      When Accents & Breathings Are Important

      Syllabification

      1. There is one vowel (or diphthong) per syllable.

      A single consonant by itself (not a cluster) goes with the following vowel.¹

      2. Two consecutive vowels that do not form a diphthong are divided.

      3. A consonant cluster that cannot be pronounced together is divided, and the first consonant goes with the preceding vowel.

      4. A consonant cluster that can be pronounced together goes with the following vowel.

      This includes a consonant cluster formed with μ or ν as the second letter.

      5. Double consonants are divided.

      6. Compound words are divided where joined.

      Notes

      ¹ If the consonant is the final letter in

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