[B-Greek] Mood Frequencies in the NT
Carlton Winbery
winberycl at earthlink.net
Tue Jan 10 17:54:57 EST 2006
>Harold Holmyard wrote: Dear Antti,
>
>> I would like to know what are the statistics of mood frequencies
>>in the NT. According to Wallace's Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, they
>>are as follows (p. 447): indicative 15618, subjunctive 1858, imperative 1631,
>>optative 68. However, when I checked the numbers with Bibloi 8.00 program,
>>I got differing results. For example, according to Bibloi, there are 1820
>>imperatives in the NT. Difference between that number and 1631 is huge.
>>
>>
>
>HH: The Accordance Bible program for the computer gives 1634 imperatives
>in the Greek NT.
>
>Yours,
>Harold Holmyard
My earlier version of Accordance lists 1633 impvs. and 19187 verbs in
all (not infinite verb forms). The list given in the first post in
this string is 19175. The difference is probably the omission of the
verbs in one or more of the omitted passages in the UBS such as Acts
8:37. Some programs do not include the words in passages in double
brackets such as Luke 23:34 or the ending of Mark. The number of
forms in any group will be affected by textual variations of a
shorter variety as well.
Grace,
--
Carlton L. Winbery
Retired Professor of Religion
Louisiana College
318-448-6103
winberycl at earthlink.net
winbery at lacollege.edu
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