1LEARNING TO USE THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENTFinal Exam

When answering a question which requires a Greek characterplease copy and paste from the table below.

ρ κ δ λ β χ Θ ο ψ τ

ξ α φ η μ σ (ς) ε υ ν

γ π ι ω ζ τῆς τῶν τῇ ταῖς τάς

ὁ τῶν τήν οἱ τό τά τοῖς τᾡ τοῦ τόν

τοῦ τοῖς τᾡ τῶν τούς

τά ἡ τό αἱ

I. Short Answer (3 points each, 36 total points).

1. Write in order the lower case letters of the Greek alphabet.

2. List the seven “proper” diphthongs of Greek.

3. The language of the New Testament was written in what type of Greek?

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4. Greek is an inflected language. What does this mean?

5. A verb is said to have mood; what does this mean?

6. List the possible moods of the Greek verb.

7. What are the two basic elements relating to the tense of a Greek verb? Explain each one.

8. List the tenses of the Greek verb system and de-scribe each

one.

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When answering a question which requires a Greek characterplease copy and paste from the table below.

ρ κ δ λ β χ Θ ο ψ τ

ξ α φ η μ σ (ς) ε υ ν

γ π ι ω ζ τῆς τῶν τῇ ταῖς τάς

ὁ τῶν τήν οἱ τό τά τοῖς τᾡ τοῦ τόν

τοῦ τοῖς τᾡ τῶν τούς

τά ἡ τό αἱ

9. What are the verb endings for the present active indicative?

10. What are the verb endings for the aorist active in-dicative?

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When answering a question which requires a Greek characterplease copy and paste from the table below.

ρ κ δ λ Β χ Θ ο ψ τ

ξ α φ η Μ σ (ς) ε υ ν

γ π ι ω Ζ τῆς τῶν τῇ ταῖς τάς

ὁ τῶν τήν οἱ Τό τά τοῖς τᾡ τοῦ τόν

τοῦ τοῖς τᾡ τῶν Τούς

τά ἡ τό αἱ

11. What are the verb endings for the future active in-dicative?

12. Write out the paradigm for the definitive article.

Singular Plural

M F N M F N

N

G

D

AII. Translation: Give both a literal and highly lit-

eral translation of the following sentences (3 points each, 15 total points).

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Example:they loosed the apostles the slaves/ser-

vants

ἔλυσαν οἱ ἀπόστολοι τοὺς δούλους

The apostles loosed the servants.

1.

ἀναγινώσκει ὁ μαθητὴς παραβολὴν

2.

οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τῶν μαθητῶν ἀκούσουσιτοὺς λόγους τοῦ θεοῦ

3.

γράφει ὁ ἀπόστολος παραβολὴν τοῖς ὄχλοις

4.

ὁ ἀγαπητός ἀπόστολος διδάσκει τὸν δοῦλον

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5.

ἐν ἀρχῇ ᾖν ὁ λόγος, καὶ θεὸς ᾖν ὁ λόγος

III. Vocabulary: Give an English translation of 70 of the following words (.7 points each, 49 total points).

καί ἔχω υἱός

ἄλλος ἐξουσία βάλλω

χαρά μανθάνω ἀγάπη

πάσχω μαθητής εἶπον

εἰρήνη εἶδον δόξα

διά προσευχή περί

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ἀγαθός παρά αὐτός

ἄρχω σάρξ ἐγώ

ἀποκρίνομαι ἄρτος γίνομαι

ἐλπίς θρόνος δέχομαι

ἀνήρ καρπός αἷμα

ἔλεος ναός θέλημα

τέλος οὐρανός ὄνομα

θεός ἀκούω Χριστός

κόσμος κηρύσσω οἶκος

βιβλίον λύω ̓Ιησοῦς

χάρις σώζω ἁμαρτωλός

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βαπτίζω βλέπω κύριος

διδάσκω ἄγγελος εὐαγγέλιον

ἀπόστολος ἀγρός λαμβάνω

λόγος νόμος τέκνον

ἀλήθεια μικρός βασιλεία

νεός ἐκκλησία καινός

καρδία πιστός σοφία

παράκλησις σταυρός πνεῦμα

γυνή τόπος πῦρ

πίστις τυφλός ῥῆμα

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φίλος σῶμα φῶβος

χρόνος ὕδωρ φῶς

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