BBG Chapter 36 — μι-Verbs Parsing

Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar, Mounce, 4th Edition

Parse the underlined form (tense / voice / person / number / mood / lexical form). For ἵστημι, note transitive or intransitive. Translate the sentence.

Part A — ἵστημι (1–6)

#Greek TextTenseVoicePersonNumLexicalTrans/IntransTranslation
1ἔστησεν αὐτὸ ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν.
Aor (1st) · Act · 3rd · Sg · ἵστημι · Transitive · "He set it in their midst." (Matt 18:2)
2ἔστη Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὸ μέσον καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· εἰρήνη ὑμῖν.
Aor (2nd) · Act · 3rd · Sg · ἵστημι · Intransitive · "Jesus stood in their midst and says: Peace to you." (John 20:19)
3ἕστηκεν ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ τόπῳ τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως.
Perf · Act · 3rd · Sg · ἵστημι · Intransitive (= is standing) · "The abomination of desolation is standing in the holy place." (Matt 24:15)
4ἵστησιν αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ.
Pres · Act · 3rd · Sg · ἵστημι · Transitive · "God sets them before his throne."
5στῆθι καὶ μὴ κινήσῃς.
Aor (2nd) · Act · 2nd · Sg · Imper · ἵστημι · Intransitive · "Stand still and do not move."
6τί ἑστήκατε βλέποντες εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν;
Perf · Act · 2nd · Pl · Ind · ἵστημι · Intransitive (= are standing) · "Why are you standing looking into heaven?" (Acts 1:11)

Part B — τίθημι (7–10)

#Greek TextTenseVoicePersonNumLexicalTranslation
7τίθησιν αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν.
Pres · Act · 3rd · Sg · τίθημι · "He puts it on the lampstand." (Matt 5:15)
8ψυχήν μου τίθημι ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων.
Pres · Act · 1st · Sg · τίθημι · "I lay down my life for the sheep." (John 10:15)
9ὅπου ἔθηκαν αὐτόν.
Aor · Act · 3rd · Pl · τίθημι · "Where they had placed him." (John 20:2)
10θὲς τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ αὐτήν.
Aor · Act · 2nd · Sg · Imper · τίθημι · "Put your hand on her." (Mark 5:23)

Part C — δείκνυμι (11–13)

#Greek TextTenseVoicePersonNumLexicalTranslation
11δεῖξόν μοι τὴν πίστιν σου χωρὶς τῶν ἔργων.
Aor · Act · 2nd · Sg · Imper · δείκνυμι · "Show me your faith apart from your works." (Jas 2:18)
12ταῦτα πάντα σοι δείξω.
Fut · Act · 1st · Sg · Ind · δείκνυμι · "All these things I will show you." (Matt 4:9)
13δεικνύουσιν αὐτῷ τὸ νόμισμα τοῦ κήνσου.
Pres · Act · 3rd · Pl · Ind · δείκνυμι · "They showed him the coin of the poll tax." (Matt 22:19)

Part D — ἀφίημι (14–16)

#Greek TextTenseVoicePersonNumLexicalTranslation
14ἀφίεμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν.
Pres · Act · 1st · Pl · Ind · ἀφίημι · "We forgive our debtors." (Matt 6:12)
15τίς δύναται ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ θεός;
Pres · Act · — · — · Inf · ἀφίημι · "Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?" (Mark 2:7)
16ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν.
Aor · Act · 2nd · Sg · Imper · ἀφίημι · "Forgive us our debts." (Matt 6:12)

Part E — ἀπόλλυμι and οἶδα (17–20)

#Greek TextTenseVoicePersonNumLexicalTranslation
17ἀπολλύμεθα· οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἀπολλύμεθα;
Pres · Mid · 1st · Pl · Ind · ἀπόλλυμι · "We are perishing! Do you not care that we are perishing?" (Mark 4:38)
18τὸ ἀπολωλός ζητῆσαι.
Perf · Act · Acc/Nom · Sg (Neut) · Ptc (substantival) · ἀπόλλυμι · "To seek the lost [= the thing that has perished]." (Luke 19:10)
19οἶδα ὅτι Μεσσίας ἔρχεται.
Perf (pres. meaning) · Act · 1st · Sg · Ind · οἶδα · "I know that the Messiah is coming." (John 4:25)
20οἴδαμεν ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἥκει.
Perf (pres. meaning) · Act · 1st · Pl · Ind · οἶδα · "We know that the Son of God has come." (1 John 5:20)