[B-Greek] What is the relation of "the Verb Stem" and "the Aorist Stem"?
Raymond Regalado
fwgk5942 at mb.infoweb.ne.jp
Wed May 26 11:03:21 EDT 2004
On 2004.5.26, at 11:39 PM, David Lew wrote:
> What is the relation of "the Verb Stem" and "the Aorist Stem"?
>
> In the "Learn New Testament Greek" by John H. Dobson, p. 108, he says,
> " we study ... verbs in which one stem indicates continuing or
> repearted action (present stem), but a different stem indicates single
> or completed action, or action where there is no reference to
> continuation or repetition (aorist stem).
>
> And in "New Testament Greek: An Introductory Grammar" by Eric G. Jay,
> p. 16, he says,
> " it is convenient ... in such cases to speak of verb stem and present
> stem".
>
> My question is: Is the "Verb Stem" the "Aorist Stem"?
> David Lew
David, Greek verbs have a general verb stem, and six tense stems, i.e.
a present stem, a future active stem, an aorist active stem, a perfect
active stem, a perfect middle/passive stem and an aorist passive stem.
Terminology may vary depending on the book/teacher, but the point to
remember is that there's one "verb stem" and six "tense stems" each of
which is supposedly formed from the verb stem.
Regards,
Raymond Regalado
Tokyo, Japan
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