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37Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. KJV: Matthew 9:37-38
37Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 38"Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest." NASB: Matthew 9:37-38
37Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." NIV: Matthew 9:37-38
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Hope for Each Day: Words of Wisdom and Faith [BOX SET] (Leather Bound) by Billy Graham
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The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration (4th Edition) (Paperback) by Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman
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Bible Out of ContextRandom Quotes from the Bible
See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. KJV: 1 Thessalonians 5:15
See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people. NASB: 1 Thessalonians 5:15
Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. NIV: 1 Thessalonians 5:15
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A Reader's Greek New Testament (Leather Bound) by Richard J. Goodrich, Albert L. Lukaszewski
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A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew (Hardcover) by C. L. Seow
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Greek Pronunciation Guide (p. 4):
Diphthongs:
Diphthongs:
In lesson one, we presented the Greek alphabet, and defined the vowels and consonants. Recall that the Greek vowels are a, e, h, i, o, u, w. We also gave pronunciations for each of the vowels and consonants. In lesson two, we discussed the nasal gamma, for which the double gamma gg is the most common example. In the nasal gamma we have a double consonant, where the consonant pair takes on a sound that is different when used in combination from the sound of the individual consonants. In this section, we will discuss the pronunciation of double vowel combinations known as diphthongs.
A diphthong is two vowels which combine to produce a single distinct sound, acting as a single unit. Notice that the second vowel of the diphthong is always an iota, i, or an upsilon, u. In Biblical Greek, we are concerned with seven diphthongs, which should be memorized.
Notice in the following table, that we introduce the G/K number in addition to the Strong's numbers. The Goodrick/Kohlenberger numbers (G/K) are used for the most up-to-date Greek manuscripts (UBS4), which use the earlier Greek sources (the new bible translations like NIV, NASB, etc. are based on earlier sources).
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Diphthong
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English
Sound
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Greek
Word
Example
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Definition of
Greek Word
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Frequency of
Occurrence
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G/K #: Strong's #
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ai
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aisle
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kaiv
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and, also, even, indeed, but
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9161
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2779: 2532
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ei
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weight
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eijmiv
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to be, to exist, to happen, to be present,
you are, thou art,
are, be, were, etc.,
truly, assuredly,
I was, etc.,
let him (it) be,
be thou,
be, may be, etc.
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2462
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1639:
1488, 1498, 1510, 1511, 1526, 2070, 2071, 2252, 2258, 2277, 2468, 5600, 5607
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oi
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soil
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oijkiva
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house, home, family, property, wealth, goods...
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93
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3864: 3614
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au
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now
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aujtov"
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self, even, same, he, she, it...
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5597
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899: 846, 847, 848
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ou
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soup
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jIhsou'"
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Jesus, Joshua
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917
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2652: 2424
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ui
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we
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uiJov"
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son, male offspring, descendent
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377
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5626: 5207
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eu
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feud
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pneu'ma
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wind, breath, spirit...
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379
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4460: 4151
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hu
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feud
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hujfravnqh
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rejoice, make joyful...
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14
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2370: 2165
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There are a few things worth noting in the above table. When we list a word count (occurrence), it is for all inflected forms of the word. Words in Greek have various forms, like tense (past, present...), mood, gender, etc. The word counts from Trenchard (see book section) are for the lexical form of a word and all its inflections. The lexical form is the form listed in a lexicon (dictionary). The various forms of a word are called inflections. We will discuss lexical form and inflections in a later section.
In the table, all example Greek words are in their lexical form, except for the last example, hujfravnqh. This is a verb in the aorist tense, passive voice, indicative mood, third person singular... OK, we are jumping ahead of ourselves here... We will talk about tense, voice, mood, person, and number in a later lesson. For now, it is only worth noting that we had to find a special form of the word rejoice to illustrate the diphthong hu. If you are interested, the lexical form (the form listed in lexicons, or dictionaries) of the word hujfravnqh is eufrainw (look it up if you have a Greek lexicon).
Another interesting fact about the word hujfravnqh is that it is found in Acts 2:26, in the 1881 Westcott and Hort Greek text, but not in the 1991 Byzantine Greek text or the 1550/1884 Textus Receptus:
Lexical form:
eufrainw
Examples from Acts 2:26:
1881 Westcott and Hort Greek text:
hufranqh
1991 Byzantine Greek text:
eufranqh
1550/1884 Textus Receptus:
eufranqh
Now look at the verses for Acts 2:26 in Greek (we are ommitting breathing and accent marks):
1881 Westcott and Hort Greek text:
dia touto hufranqh mou h kardia kai hgalliasato h glwssa mou eti de kai h sarx mou kataskhnwsei ep elpidi
1991 Byzantine Greek text:
dia touto eufranqh h kardia mou kai hgalliasato h glwssa mou eti de kai h sarx mou kataskhnwsei ep elpidi
1550/1884 Textus Receptus:
dia touto eufranqh h kardia mou kai hgalliasato h glwssa mou eti de kai h sarx mou kataskhnwsei ep elpidi
If you would like to see an interlinear version on the net, try the following links. Note that the Blue Letter Bible version has an error in the Westcott and Hort Greek text.
Link to Acts 2:26 at Crosswalk:
Acts 2:26
Link to Acts 2:26 at Blue Letter Bible: To actually see the Greek text, click on the link below, then find the link to Acts 2:26 towards the bottom of the page, and click on it. The Blue Letter Bible version does not contain the accent or breathing marks, but does allow side by side comparison of the 1881 Westcott-Hort greek text and the 1550 Textus Receptus. The sections in curly brackets, {}, set off some of the variants in the Westcott-Hort version.
Acts 2:26
In our next lesson, we will cover the iota subscript (the improper diphthong), and the diaeresis mark. After the next lesson we will begin the real work, building a vocabulary, and learning grammar!
God bless you,
Job.
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