[B-Greek] Help with Prepositions
Joseph Weaks
j.weaks at tcu.edu
Wed Aug 4 01:34:42 EDT 2004
On Aug 3, 2004, at 11:04 PM, Tony Costa wrote:
> Jimmy you may want to go to
> http://www.biblicalgreek.org/grammar/images/peurifoyprepchartb.pdf
> where you
> can find a chart on prepositions that may prove helpful.
>
>> Hi besides brute memory work does anyone have any helps with learning
>> Prepositions in first year Greek. They are causing me the most
>> difficulty.
These kinds of charts/pictures are swell for explaining a root meaning
of those prepositions, but they don't serve much purpose in actually
memorizing the different words. Prepositions is a place where many
English cognates can really give you the clue to remembering a base
meaning of most preps. Then you have to simply memorize the
accompanying meaning with a second (or third) case.
Here are some examples I can think of... not definitions, mind you, but
rather associated English words that might help you recall a base
meaning of the preposition.
(Remember that Greek Upsilon is usually anglicized into a Y and a rough
breather is an H, and in rare cases, an S)
hUPER - hyper, hyperactive, super
hUPO - hypodermic
DIA - diameter
PERI - perimeter
EN - in
EK/EX - Exodus (= EK + ODOS = way out), exegesis (meaning comes out of
the text)
EIS - eisogesis (put meaning upon a text or read the meaning into the
text... ok, this is lame, I know)
PARA - parallel
PRO - prologue (as in foreword)
SUN - synthesis
META - metaphor (something illuminated when seen with another reference)
ANTI - antithesis
Well, that's all I think of at the moment. My books are not available
to me. Machen did a good job of listing English derivatives. Someone
else might want to add to/correct this list.
Joe
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Rev. Joseph A. Weaks
Senior Minister, Bethany Christian Church, Dallas
Ph.D. (Cand.), Brite Divinity School, Ft. Worth
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