Aorist

The full verb paradigm Aorist in Koine Greek — every form, laid out by case, gender, and number, adapted from the paradigm charts in Reading Greek Deeply.

AoristC.b.α.iii

Use	Examples	Section
Sequential	ἔλαβεν τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἄρτους…καὶ…ἔκλασεν(Matt 15:36) He took the seven loaves … and …brokethem	11.1.3.2
Completed event (potentially with inferred result)	οὐ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματιἐπροφητεύσαμεν, καὶ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι δαιμόνιαἐξεβάλομεν(Matt 7:22) Was it not in your name that weprophesied, and in your name that wecast outdemons?	12.1.3.2; 41.1.3.2
Inchoative	ἐπύθετο οὖν τὴν ὥραν παρ’ αὐτῶν ἐν ᾗ κομψότερονἔσχεν(John 4:52) He then inquired about the hour in which hegotbetter	14.1.3.2
Generic (with endpoint)	ἀνέτειλενγὰρ ὁ ἥλιος σὺν τῷ καύσωνι καὶἐξήρανεντὸν χόρτον (Jas 1:11) For the sunriseswith heat anddriesthe grass	21.1.3.2
Past after verb of speaking	πιστεύετε ὅτιἐλάβετε(Mark 11:24) Believe that youreceived	24.2.3.2
Performative	σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐν σοὶεὐδόκησα(Mark 1:11) You are my beloved son. Iapproveof you	26.2.3.2; Exeg C
Complexive	πάντες γὰρἔσχοναὐτήν (Matt 22:28) For allhadher	31.2.3.2

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