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The accusative is used to limit the action of a verb as to extent, direction, or goal. `The accusative measures an idea as to its content, scope, direction` (Robertson...
The true dative is used to designate the person more remotely concerned. It is the case of personal interest , pointing out the person to or for whom something...
In the eight case system, the genitive defines, describes, qualifies, restricts, limits. In this respect it is similar to an adjective, but is more emphatic. Under...
The nominative is the case of specific designation. The Greeks referred to it as the `naming case,` for it often names the main topic of the sentence. The main topic...
The vocative is the case used for addressing someone or, on occasion, for uttering exclamations. A substantive in the vocative is used in direct address to designate...
The infinitive is an indeclinable verbal noun. As such it participates in some of the features of the verb and some of the noun. Like a verb , the infinitive has...
In general, mood is the feature of the verb that presents the verbal action or state with reference to its actuality or potentiality. Voice indicates how the subject...
The imperative mood is the mood of intention. It is the mood furthest removed from certainty. Ontologically, as one of the potential or oblique moods, the imperative...
The indicative mood is, in general, the mood of assertion, or presentation of certainty. It is not correct to say that it is the mood of certainty or reality. This...
There are less than 70 optatives in the entire NT. In general, it can be said that the optative is the mood used when a speaker wishes to portray an action as possible...
The subjunctive is the most common of the oblique moods in the N.T. In general, the subjunctive can be said to represent the verbal action (or state) as uncertain...
The participle is a declinable verbal adjective. It derives from its verbal nature tense and voice; from its adjectival nature, gender, number and case. Like the...
In general, tense in Greek involves two elements: aspect (kind of action, sometimes call Aktionsart, though a difference does need to be made between the two ) and...
The aorist tense `presents an occurence in summary, viewed as a whole from the outside, without regard for the internal make up of the occurrence` (Fanning, 97). It...
The following four categories of the present tense include those that are used to indicate an event or occurence taking place over a long interval, or an extended...
With reference to aspect, the future seems to offer an external portrayal, something of a temporal counterpart to the aorist indicative. The external portrayal `presents...
Like the present tense, the imperfect tense displays an internal aspect. That is, it portrays the action from within the event, without regard for beginning or end...
The perfect and pluperfect tenses are indentical in aspect though different in time. Thus both speak of an event accomplished in the past (in the indicative mood)...
A. Narrow Band Presents The action is portrayed as being in progress, or as occurring. In the indicative mood, it is portrayed as occurring in the present time (`right...
Voice is the property of the verb that indicates how the subject is related to the action (or state) expressed by the verb. In general, the voice of the verb may indicate...
In general it can be said that in the active voice the subject performs, produces, or experiences the action or exists in the state expressed by the verb. Simple...
Defining the function of the middle voice is not an easy task because it encompasses a large and amorphous group of nuances. But in general, in the middle voice the...
In general it can be said that in the passive voice the subject is acted upon or receives the action expressed by the verb. No volition nor even necessarily awareness...