[B-Greek] Prepositions
mrt
mrt at hisurfer.net
Sun Dec 28 02:21:41 EST 2003
>Bert de Haan wrote:
> To a beginner like me, it almost seems that when you encounter a
preposition, you can insert any English translation that makes sense.
The following may be useful in understanding the prep. for the beginning
student...
Michael Haggetts site: http://website.lineone.net/~ntgreek/f41-prep.html
site map: http://www.ntgreek.fsnet.co.uk/ntgreek/f-ind-01.html
A Grk. prep. chart:
http://www.net-magic.net/users/bmj/prep.html
You may have one of these diagrams in your Grk. textbook. It's a very basic
chart to show the spatial functions of prepositions.
Again both of these URL's are basic and there are many exceptions to the
nuances (as you probably recognize). For coverage of potential uses in the
GNT refer to a excellent lexicon such as BADG.
(BADG) Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian
Literature. Third Edition, The University of Chicago Press
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product/133553715?item_no=39331&netp_id=150720&event=ESRCN&item_code=WW
Michael Tarver
Oregon, USA
<'\\>< laus Deo
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