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Colors

Introduction to the four colors your most likely to encounter when reading the bible in Koine Greek.

Encounter colours in the Biblical Text

This video will help you become familiar with the most commonly appearing colours in the biblical text.

Practice reading each of these words out loud, and use the Flashcard button below to learn each word.

Adjectives are words that describe object. Color words are adjectives because they are used to describe objects. Notice how endings of adjectives change. In most cases, the ending will change to exactly match the word they are describing. For example:

  1. πυρρός+ποτήριον → πυρρόν ποτήριον.
  2. πυρρός+καθέδρα → πυρρά καθέδρα.

Read each of these sentences out loud until you can read and understand each sentence comfortably. Try and pronounce the words correctly, but do not stress if your pronunciation is not 100% perfect. Your pronunciation will improve over time.

  1. Πέτρος βλέπει τὸν λευκὸν οἶκον.
  2. Μαρία βλέπει τὸν πυρρὸν οἶκον.
  3. Πέτρος βλέπει τὸν χλωρὸν καθέδραν.
  4. Παῦλος καθίζει ἐν τῷ λευκῷ καθέδρᾳ.
  5. Παῦλος βλέπει τὸν μέλαν καθέδρα.
  6. ὁ ἀνὴρ ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ λευκῷ οἴκῳ.
  7. ὁ ἄγγελος ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ χλωρῷ οἴκῳ.
  8. ὁ Θεὸς ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ λευκῷ οἴκῳ.
  9. ὁ Σατᾶν ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ μέλανι οἴκῳ.

Self Evaluation

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