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by Jason Hare
August 20th, 2023, 6:58 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Intro, Kirk
Replies: 1
Views: 1210

Re: Intro, Kirk

Hi, My name is Kirk, and I’ve joined principally to ask a fairly specific question, but I’m inclined to think that I’ll have many other questions about biblical Greek in future! Kirk Hi, Kirk. What experience do you already have in learning Greek? Could you please put your name in your signature so...
by Jason Hare
August 18th, 2023, 11:48 am
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Aorist stem formation
Replies: 9
Views: 6998

Re: Aorist stem formation

νυν οιδα, ω φιλε. ευχαριστω σοι. Why not think of a way to join these two sentences together using a participle? Perhaps turn οἶδα into a participle or use γινώσκω or μανθάνω instead. Would you still use a vocative if that were done? :) Perhaps something like: σοί, ὦ φίλε, εὐχαριστῶ ταῦτα γνούς. It...
by Jason Hare
August 18th, 2023, 4:42 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Intro: Brian Phillips
Replies: 5
Views: 4784

Re: Intro: Brian Phillips

Well, there are so many BPs in the world. I think only those named Steve Smith have it worse. I was never at Ozark Christian College -- sorry! Ah, gotcha! Brian was our resident advisor when I was there for three years. A really great guy. Thought maybe our paths had crossed again so many years lat...
by Jason Hare
August 18th, 2023, 3:31 am
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: Ephesians 1:4 "we are" or "we should be"?
Replies: 2
Views: 1019

Re: Ephesians 1:4 "we are" or "we should be"?

In Ephesians 1:4, where do I go (text, tool, resource, or this forum) to find out why most translators translate "εἶναι ἡμᾶς" as "we should be" or "we would be"? It seems to me the phrase would best be "just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world...
by Jason Hare
August 18th, 2023, 3:27 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Intro: Brian Phillips
Replies: 5
Views: 4784

Re: Intro: Brian Phillips

I am going through a refresher course of Basics of Biblical Greek, William Mounce. I first went through this course about 25 years ago. I also hope to start a 1st year course on Biblical Hebrew soon. I'm a lay Christian who likes to learn. I'd like to be able to read most of the NT (and some LXX) i...
by Jason Hare
August 17th, 2023, 1:00 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: God and Mark 12:32
Replies: 4
Views: 1634

Re: God and Mark 12:32

Thank you! Now that you point it out, I can see that in a translation it might be more plain to say "God" rather than use a pronoun -- God knows there's enough pronoun vagueness going around. Before you continue posting, would you mind giving us your name in the signature section of your ...
by Jason Hare
August 16th, 2023, 6:13 am
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Aorist stem formation
Replies: 9
Views: 6998

Re: Aorist stem formation

For the most part, you’re asking this of people who learned Greek nomenclature from older books. I learned “first aorist” and “second aorist” because I learned Greek originally from Mounce’s Basics of Biblical Greek . It’s the terminology that I’m familiar with. Subsequently, I have completed the A...
by Jason Hare
August 16th, 2023, 5:59 am
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: ξύλον translated as “tree” in Deuteronomy and Acts
Replies: 11
Views: 4197

Re: ξύλον translated as “tree” in Deuteronomy and Acts

I have not looked at these carefully, but here are places where a database glosses treats עֵ֖ץ as "tree". Most of these involve forms of δένδρον or χῦλον. ["GEN 2:9!7",עֵ֛ץ,"χύλον","tree"] ["LEV 19:23!7",עֵ֣ץ,"χύλον","tree"] [&qu...
by Jason Hare
August 16th, 2023, 5:52 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Introduction
Replies: 2
Views: 1374

Re: Introduction

Hello! I'm Adrian I'm currently a high school senior who has had an interest in Greek for some time. I taught myself first-year Greek with Mounce and second-year with Wallace, and I'm currently working on reading through the GNT (I have an NA28 as well as the free logos SBLGNT). Also working on Heb...
by Jason Hare
August 4th, 2023, 4:26 pm
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: εὐδόκησα in Matthew 3:17
Replies: 16
Views: 4464

Re: εὐδόκησα in Matthew 3:17

Eeli Kaikkonen wrote: August 2nd, 2023, 11:53 am "it is possible, however, to interpret the indicative aorist forms not in terms of the gnomic (indicative) aorist but as overly literal renderings of the Biblical Hebrew "perfect" in its timeless use".
This would seem to have merit in my opinion.

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