A Dictionary

of

Biblical
Languages

Greek

New Testament

James Swanson

Copyright © 1997, Logos Research Systems, Inc.

All rights reserved.

Second edition, 2001

Table of Abbreviations

Symbols

† Not found in BHS in this exact inflected form

+ More references in BHS

* Following a Louw-Nida number, pops up domain/sub-domain titles

2xs, 3xs, etc. The word defined occurs n times in a particular Bible verse

General Abbreviations

ANE Ancient Near East

BA Biblical Aramaic

BH Biblical Hebrew

GNT Greek New Testament

ca. circa, about

cj. conjecture

coll. collective

comm. commentaries

EB English Bible versification

ident identify

interp interpretation

lit literature

MS manuscript

MSS manuscripts

MT Masoretic Text

oth. others, other sources

passim here and there (scattered about)

poss. possibly

q.v. quod vide, which see

sic “intentionally so written”

terr. territory

v.r. variant reading in a manuscript

w/o without

Parts of Speech and Semantic Functions

1cp. first person, common, plural

1cs. first person, common, singular

1p. first person

2mp. second person, masculine, plural

2ms. second person, masculine, singular

3fp. third person, feminine, plural

3fs. third person, feminine, singular

3mp. third person, masculine, plural

3ms. third person, masculine, singular

3p. third person

3pl. third person, plural

abs. absolute

acc. accusative (the case of the direct object)

act. active

adj. adjective, or adjectival

adv. adverb, or adverbially

alt. alternate

aor1 first aorist

aor2 second aorist

c. conjunction

cs. construct

dat. dative

dep. deponent (middle or passive form, with active meaning)

dep.mid. middle in form, deponent in meaning

dep.pass. passive in form, deponent in meaning

det. determinative, or determination

diff. difference

ety. etymology, etymological(ly)

fem. feminine

ftn. footnote

gent. gentilic

ident. identify

impf. imperfect

impv. imperative

imv. imperative

ind. indicative

indecl. undeclinable

indef. indefinite

inf. infinitive

inj. interjection

interp. interpretation

interrog. interrogative

intrans. intransitive

l.f. Lexical Form

loc. locative, i.e., in a location

masc. masculine

masc.pl. masculine plural

masc.sing. masculine singular

mid. middle (usually showing personal engagement)

n. noun, or nouns

neu. neuter

nom. nominative

num. numeric

obj. objective

opt. optative

pass. passive

pers personal/person

pf. perfect

pf2 second perfect

pl. plural

plupf. pluperfect

poss. possessive

pr. proper (i.e., not common, but very limited in scope)

prep. preposition

pres. present

prn. pronoun

pt. particle

ptcp. participle

ref reference

rel. relative

sing. singular

subj. subjective

subjnct. subjunctive

subst. substantival

suff. suffix

super. superlative

undecl. undeclinable

vb. verb