Biblical Greek Word Order
Recognize basic variations to word order in Biblical Greek.
Watch this video, then complete the activities below.
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ἀνήρ
man, husband, male. -
γυνή
woman, wife. -
παῖς
male or female child, servant. -
τρέχει
he runs, she runs, it runs. -
περιπατεῖ
he walks, she walks, it walks. -
βλέπει
He sees, She sees, It sees.
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ἔχει
He has, She has, It has.
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ἄρτος
loaf of bread, food. -
ἰχθύς
fish. -
ἄνθρωπος
person, human, man, mankind, human being. -
Πέτρος
Peter.
Practice reading and speaking each of these sentences.
Practice reading sentences with varying word orders. |
Self Evaluation
It may take some time to become comfortable with the idea that words can appear in different orders in Koine Greek. The main goal of this lesson is to become comfortable with reading short sentences with different word orders. If you can read and speak each of the practice sentences you are ready to move forward.