Subjunctive

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

SubjunctiveC.b.δ.ii

Use	Example	Section
Verbal complement (with ἵνα; see Sem C for full list of verbs)	Καὶ καθὼςθέλετε ἵνα ποιῶσινὑμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι (Luke 6:31) And as youdesire that people doto you	28.1.4
Purpose adjunct (with ἵνα)	ἐπιποθῶ γὰρ ἰδεῖν ὑμᾶς,ἵνατι μεταδῶ χάρισμα (Rom 1:11) For I desire to see you,so thatI may impart some spiritual gift	28.1.4
Cohortative	διέλθωμενεἰς τὸ πέραν τῆς λίμνης (Luke 8:22) Let’s go acrossto the other side of the lake	29.3.4.2
Prohibitives	μὴκαθεύδωμεν (1 Thess 5:6) Wemust notsleep	29.4.3.1
Modal in questions	δῶμενη μὴδῶμεν; (Mark 12:14) Should we giveor notgive?	30.3.3.2; 32.1.3.2; 51.2.3.1
With various particles	μή (29.4.3.1), ἐάν (32.4.3.1), ὅταν (36.3.4.2), ἕως (42.3.3), ἄχρι (43.3.3.1), ὡς (43.3.3.1), μήποτε (47.1.2), μέχρι (49.4.3.1), ἄν (50.4.3.1), ὅπως (50.4.3.1), ἐάνπερ (Heb 3:14), εἰ(τε) (Phil 3:12), ἐπάν (Luke 11:34), ἥνικα ἄν (2 Cor 3:15), μηκέτι (Rom 14:13), πρίν (Luke 2:26), πῶς (Mark 14:11)	51.2.3.1
Negative epistemic certainty	ὁ ἐρχόμενος πρὸς ἐμὲοὐ μὴ πεινάσῃ(John 6:35) The one who comes to mewill certainly nothunger	51.2.3.1
Content of modal noun	τοῦτο δέ ἐστιν τὸθέληματοῦ πέμψαντός με, ἵνα πᾶν ὃ δέδωκέν μοι μὴἀπολέσω(John 6:39) This is thewillof the one who sent me, that Imightnotloseanything which he has given me	51.2.3.1
Relative clause	ὃςγὰρἂν ποιήσῃτὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ (Mark 3:35) For it iswhoever would doGod’s will	51.2.3.1

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