BIBLICAL GREEK MADE SIMPLE

All the Basics in One Semester

H. Daniel Zacharias

Biblical Greek Made Simple: All the Basics in One Semester

Copyright 2018 H. Daniel Zacharias

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This book is a labor of love borne from necessity for my Greek students at Acadia Divinity College. I want to thank all of those students over many years who pushed me to be creative and innovative in my teaching of Greek. Thanks also to my colleagues and the leadership of Acadia Divinity College, particularly Dr. Harry Gardner, for their support and encouragement in my life.

Table of Contents

LIST OF TABLES

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCING BIBLICAL GREEK MADE SIMPLE

chapter 1

Signs and Sounds of Greek Made Simple

1.1 THE GREEK ALPHABET

1.2 GREEK VOWELS

1.2.1 vowel contraction

1.3 GREEK CONSONANTS

1.3.1 the sigma with a liquid

1.3.2 the sigma with the stops

1.4 JOTS AND TITTLES IN GREEK

1.4.1 breathing marks

1.4.2 accent marks

1.4.3 punctuation marks

1.4.4 diaeresis, crasis, elision

1.4.5 greek syllables

1.5 THE LEAST YOU NEED TO KNOW

1.6 GREEK@LOGOS

1.7 VOCABULARY

1.8 THE SECOND TIME AROUND

chapter 2

Greek Nouns Made Simple

2.1 GREEK INFLECTION

2.2 NOUN CASES

2.3 NOUN GENDER

2.4 NOUN NUMBER

2.5 NOUN LEXICAL FORM

2.6 NOUN DECLENSIONS

2.7 NOUN CASE ENDINGS

2.7.1 first declension

2.7.2 second declension

2.7.3 third declension

2.8 NOUN PARSING

2.9 THE LEAST YOU NEED TO KNOW

2.10 GREEK@LOGOS

2.11 VOCABULARY

2.12 THE SECOND TIME AROUND

chapter 3

Case Functions Made Simple

3.1 INTRODUCTION

3.2 NOMINATIVE

3.2.1 simple subject

3.2.2 predicate nominative

3.2.3 apposition

3.3 GENITIVE

3.3.1 possessive

3.3.2 genitive of relationship

3.3.3 attributive genitive

3.3.4 apposition

3.3.5 genitive of comparison

3.3.6 subjective genitive

3.3.7 objective genitive

3.3.8 genitive of time

3.3.9 genitive as direct object

3.3.10 descriptive

3.4 DATIVE

3.4.1 indirect object

3.4.2 dative of interest

3.4.3 dative of reference

3.4.4 apposition

3.4.5 dative of sphere

3.4.6 dative of time

3.4.7 dative of association

3.4.8 dative of means (instrumental)

3.4.9 dative of cause

3.5 ACCUSATIVE

3.5.1 direct object

3.5.2 double object

3.5.3 apposition

3.6 NOUNS IN THE DBL GREEK LEXICON

3.6.1 a word on semantic domains

3.6.2 an analysis of a dbl greek noun entry

3.6.2.1 lexical form, stem, gender, and part of speech

3.6.2.2 links to hebrew equivalents, strong’s, ...