Basic Greek. WHY GREEK Koine (common dialect) Lingua franca – language spoke worldwide Roman roads...

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Basic Greek

Transcript of Basic Greek. WHY GREEK Koine (common dialect) Lingua franca – language spoke worldwide Roman roads...

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Basic Greek

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WHY GREEK

•Koine (common dialect)•Lingua franca – language spoke worldwide •Roman roads connected world of travel as the Greek language connected the world’s understanding

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WHY STUDY THE GREEK LANGUAGE?

• To be thoroughly acquainted with God’s word (2 Timothy 2:15)•Original language of most of the NT• Translations- eqivalence text vs paraphrase text (Ben Sira’s grandson)• True meanings of words, phrases, and whole text may be lost in translation.

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GREEK - SUNANAMIGNUSTHAI =

•English – “to associate intimately with” ; i.e., not your basic hello – goodbye association

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GREEK GRAMMAR

•Parsing•Conjugate •Examples

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LEARNING THE GREEK ALPHABET

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RELIABLE TOOLS OR RESOURCES

• Word for word Bible translation – ASV, KJV, NKJV, NASV, ESV, etc• Concordance (Strong’s – numbering system /

Thayer’s and Vines)• Lexicons• Interlinear Bibles• Greek Grammatical Analysis • Bible Dictionaries

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CONCLUSION

• 2 Timothy 2:15•God wants us to move on to deeper subjects (consider Grace and Isaiah)•Greek scholars????• Bible very simple and easy to understand (Context / cross references / simple understanding of English words / diligence•Matthew 13:10-15