[B-Greek] OU EDOKEN HEMIN (aorist discussion)

Jacob Abshire jabshire at t411.com
Sat Aug 19 07:30:11 EDT 2006


I am pretty new to Biblical Greek.  I began reading Bill Mounce's "Basics of
Biblical Greek" book just recently.  I had a question about 2 Timothy 1:7
which reads "For God has not give us a spirit of timidity."  I am examining
the words OU EDOKEN HEMIN.  I am trying my best to understand verb tense
called aorist (in the word 'given').  The NASB has translated it "has
given."

 

Now the way I understand it, an aorist indicates a past tense verb with
present tense continuation.  In other words, it might be rendered "God did
not nor has he ever since given."  Would I be correct by saying that?  I
would suggest that the word 'did' would only indicate a past action while
'nor ever since' would indicate a continuation to the present.  Is this the
way to understand the aorist?

 

Any and all comments and information would be helpful.  Thanks.




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