Bill Mounce

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Greek Word of the Day (BBG)

These words are the vocabulary taught in Basics of Biblical Greek. They are the words occurring 50 times or more in the New Testament. This list is in process of being made. Words are listed in the order they are taught in the textbook. There is a separate listing of words taught in Greek for the Rest of Us.

 

Greek Word of the Day: βασιλεία

βασιλεία, βασιλείας, ἡ, from the root *βασιλεια, means “kingdom.”

ἁμαρτία

ἁμαρτία, ἁμαρτία , ἡ, from the root *ἁμαρτια, means “sin.”

“How can we who died to ἁμαρτία go on living in it?” (Rom 6:2)

προφήτης

προφήτης, προφήτου, ὁ, from the root *προφητη, means “prophet.”

καί

καί is a conjunction meaning “and; even, also; namely.”

πνεύμα, πνεύματος, τό

πνεῦμα, πνεύματος, τό, from the root *πνευματ, means “spirit, Spirit; wind, breath; inner self”

Χριστός

Χριστός, Χριστοῦ, ὁ, from the root *χριστο, means “Christ, Messiah; Anointed One.”

πάντοτε

πάντοτε means “always” (adverb).

“Rejoice in the Lord πάντοτε; again I say, Rejoice!” (Phil 4:4).

παλαιός

παλαιά, παλαιόν (*παλαιο)

παλαιός means “old.”

“No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an παλαιός garment” (Mark 2:12).

ὅτε

ὅτε means “when” (particle).

“ὅτε Jesus was twelve, they went up to the feast” (Luke 2:42).

σῶμα

σῶμα means “body.”

“Take, eat; this is my σῶμα.” (Matt 26:26).

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