Important information about the diphthong: 1. A diphthong is defined as two vowels next to each other that are treated as one. • An example from the English may be seen in the word “group.” There are two vowels side by side in this word: the “o” and the “u.” But we treat them as one (a diphthong), giving them the sound of the “oo” rather than “oh-oo.”2 2. In the majority of words in the Greek NT, two vowels side by side are diphthongs. 3. The most frequently
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