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Adjective paradigm · A.b.α
Regular
The full adjective paradigm Regular in Koine Greek — every form, laid out by case, gender, and number, adapted from the paradigm charts in Reading Greek Deeply.
| Use | Example | Section |
|---|---|---|
| Attributive vs. predicative | αὐτὸς ὑμᾶς βαπτίσει ἐν πνεύματιἁγίῳ He will baptize you in theholyspirit (Matt 3:11) ὁ μὲν νόμοςἅγιος But the lawis holy(Rom 7:12) | 9.2.3.2; 17.3.3.2 |
| Reference to state | εἶδεν ἄνθρωποντυφλὸνἐκ γενετῆς (John 9:1) I saw a manblindfrom birth | 9.2.3.3 |
| Intersective vs. subsective | Ἐγώ εἰμιὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός(John 10:11) I amthe good shepherd | 29.2.3.2 |
| Open scale | ἔσται ὁ μισθὸς ὑμῶνπολύς(Luke 6:35) Your reward will beabundant | 32.2.3.2 |
| Closed scale | εὐθείας ποιεῖτε τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ (Matt 3:3) Make straight his paths | 41.2.3.2 |
| Open vs. closed scale | ἦσαν δὲδίκαιοιἀμφότεροι ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ (Luke 1:6) They were bothrighteousbefore God μόλις γὰρ ὑπὲρδικαίουτις ἀποθανεῖται (Rom 5:7) For someone will hardly die for aninnocent person | 42.1.3.2 |
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