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He also has a discussion of the broader range of uses of the aorist, and surveys the main NT Greek grammars on the subject. … So, to answer the question in brief: yes, the OP is essentially correct his understanding of the aorist in Koine Greek. …

(1) What does «ἐκ ψυχῆς» mean? It means something like "with all your might". It is attested in classical authors with this sense: see Liddell-Scott-Jones, ψυχή, sub IV.4 "Phrases". A nice exampl …

Greek text is Nestle-Aland 27; English text is World English Bible: 16:19 δώσω σοι τὰς κλεῖδας τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν, 16:19 I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, "(to) you" …

The size of the "jars" in Matthew 25:4 can be roughly worked out by the convergence of two factors: (1) the semantics of the Greek word used; and (2) the nature of the light-source needing oil. … (2) Light-source The Greek for the "light source" here is usually translated "lamps", as in OP's citation, or the NIV link I have provided. …

3 We need to factor in, too, the fact that the Greek form in Heb 1:2 is a plural form: does the translation need to reflect this plurality? … It is noted by many commentators; conveniently, Marcus Dods in Expositor's Greek Testament, in vol. 4, p. 250. …

Perhaps another reason for this first occurrence in Mark to echo the foreshadowing "Greek Joshua"? Second, in the whole NT, "Jesus" is used approximately 917x. … Finally, the syntax of the article with proper names in wider classical Greek usage is compared with NT usage by A.T. Robertson who cites Basil Gildersleeve's full treatment. …

This is usually translated by Greek σάββατον (sabbaton) and does so in 85 of those verses There are, then, five verses when Heb. šabbāt is NOT translated by Grk sabbaton. … kathedras So the Greek translators of the Septuagint basically used "sabbaton" when the Hebrew is referring to the "day of rest". …

There are two distinct linguistic issues in the latter part of Matthew 28:17, which reads this way (NA28 = SBL GNT = UBS4) - καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν προσεκύνησαν,a οἱ δὲ ἐδίστασαν. kai idontes auton p …

Introduction As existing answers note: (1) "messiah" (Hebrew mashiach) and "christ" (Greek christos) are equivalent words meaning "anointed one", and in the context of Graeco-Roman Judaism and early Christianity … I put this together as follows: 1:41 follows John's normal practice of explaining in Greek the Hebrew/Aramaic technical terms, etc., for his readers; but in 4:25, having already established the translation …

"Is there any support for this claim?" It seems unlikely. On the one hand, so far as I can tell, Malina and Rohrbaugh offer no evidence in support of their assertion that the phrase γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν …

In Greek. the pairing works this way (with typical Hebrew counterpart): ἐλεήμων (ḥannûn) is merciful compassion; while οἰκτίρμων (raḥûm) is sympathy, pity, involving compassionate intervention. … Within that group is James 5:11's πολύσπλαγχνος.3 These terms have their own development in Greek, apart from the related Hebrew vocabulary, and it is ἐλεήμων that is "displaced", rather than οἰκτίρμων …

Matthew 19:5 - We need to pick up at v. 4: ...ὁ κτίσας ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺς 5 καὶ εἶπεν·... Here, the verbs (in bold) both have the same antecedent: epoiēsen and eipen both have …

In this work, each Greek headword is followed by the listing of the Hebrew words it translates; lists of each occurrence of the Greek term in context is then keyed to the underlying Hebrew word. … This is fine if you're starting with the Greek text. What if you want to start with the Hebrew, and find all its Greek translations? For that, one needs T. …

And this is where the Greek semantics begin to bear on the tradition of English translation of Acts 1:3. τεκμήριον is also used in the LXX (e.g., 3 Maccabees 3:24; Wisdom of Solomon 5:11; 19:13) with the … demonstrates that the παρίστημι (in context, "presented") + τεκμήριον combination is "normal in Hellenistic Greek", but especially at home among the historians (he cites examples). …

The textual situation of LXX Judges is somewhat unusual (although not wholly unique). As Philip E. Satterthwaite explains it in his introduction to the NETS edition of Judges, [In the absence of a …