Questions tagged [koine-greek]
For questions on Koine. But since Koine and ancient-greek are joined at the hip, it may be desirable to use that tag as well, when their overlap is of possible relevance.
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Why is ek used instead of para in the Nicene Creed relating to the Holy Spirit proceeding from the Father?
Thank you in advance for helping me with a couple of questions I have relating to the words ek and para.
I eventually want to ask why ek is used instead of para in the Nicene Creed relating to the ...
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Why was "Christus" not translated into Latin
The Greek word "Christos" (χριστός) means "anointed", and is a literal translation of the Hebrew word "Messiah". Thus, when the Christian scriptures (New Testament) were ...
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To what extent are Koine and modern Greek mutually intelligible?
How difficult would it be for a person who knows Koine Greek to communicate with a native speaker of modern Greek, aside from the non-existence of words for modern inventions?
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Difference between ἑβδομάς and Σάββατον?
Searching for "week" in the LXX Septuagint, I think hebdomas is used for the entire week as a whole, whereas Sabbath for weekdays, and weekend. But hebdomados could be used for the week as ...
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Is there a Latin parallel to the TLG website?
The TLG (=Thesaurus Linguae Graecae) is an incredibly helpful tool for understanding how an author uses a certain word. For example, if I wanted to learn how the word ἀνάπαυσις was used by Clement of ...
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Should apposition in ancient Greek be identified as juxtaposition or coordination?
I have noticed in Greek grammars that varying descriptions of the syntactic relationship of elements placed side-by-side (with no conjunction) have been alternately described as either A) (...
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Koine Greek for “a capella”?
What is the Koine Greek word for “a capella”? Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16 use G103 (ᾄδοντες). But, from the usage in the Septuagint, that word is not restricted to singing without musical ...
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"Lead us not into temptation" or "put us not to the test"?
I have a follow-up to this question which has two parts2 concerning the phrase, "Et ne nos inducas in temptationem."
To me it seems that the primary meaning of the English word "...
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Translation of Meditations 1.4-5
I've been using the meditations of Marcus Aurelius as practice in reading and translation, and then checking my answers by peeking at a translation by George Long. In 1.4, Marcus Aurelius says:
Παρὰ ...
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Are "μπ" and "ντ" indicators that the word didn't exist in Koine/Ancient Greek?
I am learning Modern Greek on Duolingo, in the hopes that it will help me learn Koine and Ancient Greek, eventually. I have also watched a few other videos, like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/...
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Why no relative pronoun in ἄνθρωπος ἐξηραμμένην ἔχων τὴν χεῖρα?
Mark 3:1 has:
Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πάλιν εἰς συναγωγήν, καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ ἄνθρωπος ἐξηραμμένην ἔχων τὴν χεῖρα.
In English word order, the final part seems like it would be "a man his hand had had withering.&...
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Words for dogs, puppies, and small dogs in koine, and their connotations when applied to humans
Modern Greek has σκύλος for "dog," which is derived from ancient σκυλαξ, meaning "puppy." The generic word for a dog in ancient Greek was κυων. There is also a diminutive κυνάριον, ...
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αναβαινω aorist active indicative 2nd athematic
Why does αναβαινω takes an aorist active indicative 2nd athematic (-μι) ending (ανεβην) whereas αναβαινω is a thematic (-ω) verb and thus should be spelled ανεβον (aorist active indicative 2nd ...
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When do the earliest rhymes appear in Koine or Medieval Greek?
I understand that rhyme is well established in Medieval Greek (and Latin) after the 11-12th centuries. But surely there are attested earlier cases before that. Do they go back to Koine? Maybe before ...
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Romans and Ancient Greek language [duplicate]
Is there evidence in the inscriptions, that Romans have realised, that Hellenic languages are very close to theirs own language!? It seems to be that the distinguish was applied to the Etruscan ...
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Which forms of a noun do I have to memorise when learning Koine Greek?
I recently began learning from Mounce's Basics of Biblical Greek. He says you should learn the lexical form, stem and article of a noun. Can these things not be worked out if you just learn the ...
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Is this bible in Koine Greek?
So I bought a Greek bible and I’m not sure whether it is Koine or Modern Greek. Could someone please help me out? Thanks.
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How can I find a verb root in ancient greek?
If I have a verb in ancient greek, how can I find its root?
For instance, if I have
λείπω
νέω
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how can I do to know that, respectively, these verbs have
λιπ-/λειπ-/λοιπ-
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Translation into Koine (perhaps Testament?) Greek
Could someone translate the following into Koine Greek (or Testament Greek, if there were juicy differences.)
We won’t tell Helen why we could leave her at the beach without company.
The older man we ...
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