BBG Chapter 29 — Adjectival Participle Parsing

Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar, Mounce, 4th Edition

Instructions: Parse the underlined participle (tense / voice / case / number / gender / lexical form), identify the use (attributive or substantival), and if attributive note the position (1st or 2nd). Then translate.

Part A — Attributive, 1st Position (1–5)

#Greek TextTenseVoiceCaseNumGenLexicalUsePositionTranslation
1πιστεύων ἄνθρωπος σῴζεται.
Pres · Act · Nom · Sg · Masc · πιστεύω · Attributive · 1st pos. · "The believing man is being saved."
2ἀγαπῶμεν τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας ἡμᾶς ἀδελφούς.
Pres · Act · Acc · Pl · Masc · ἀγαπάω · Attributive · 1st pos. · "Let us love the brothers who love us."
3εἶδεν τὴν κλαίουσαν γυναῖκα.
Pres · Act · Acc · Sg · Fem · κλαίω · Attributive · 1st pos. · "He saw the weeping woman."
4ἐν τῷ ἐρχομένῳ αἰῶνι.
Pres · Mid · Dat · Sg · Masc · ἔρχομαι · Attributive · 1st pos. · "In the coming age."
5εἶπεν αὐτοῖς περὶ τοῦ πιστεύσαντος ὄχλου.
Aor · Act · Gen · Sg · Masc · πιστεύω · Attributive · 1st pos. · "He spoke to them about the crowd that had believed."

Part B — Attributive, 2nd Position (6–8)

#Greek TextTenseVoiceCaseNumGenLexicalUsePositionTranslation
6ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ λύων τοὺς δούλους ἐστίν.
Pres · Act · Nom · Sg · Masc · λύω · Attributive · 2nd pos. · "The man who is loosing the slaves."
7τῷ παιδίῳ τῷ κεκλημένῳ Ἰησοῦς.
Perf · Pass · Dat · Sg · Neut · καλέω · Attributive · 2nd pos. · "To the child called Jesus."
8ἐπίστευσαν τοῖς λόγοις τοῖς γεγραμμένοις.
Perf · Pass · Dat · Pl · Masc · γράφω · Attributive · 2nd pos. · "They believed the words that were written."

Part C — Substantival, Nominative (9–12)

#Greek TextTenseVoiceCaseNumGenLexicalUseTranslation
9πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν οὐ κρίνεται.
Pres · Act · Nom · Sg · Masc · πιστεύω · Substantival · "The one who believes in him is not judged." (John 3:18)
10μακάριοι καὶ οἱ κλαίοντες.
Pres · Act · Nom · Pl · Masc · κλαίω · Substantival · "Blessed also are those who weep."
11νικῶν κληρονομήσει ταῦτα.
Pres · Act · Nom · Sg · Masc · νικάω · Substantival · "The one who conquers will inherit these things." (Rev 21:7)
12οἱ ἀγαπῶντες τὸν θεὸν πάντα συνεργεῖ εἰς ἀγαθόν.
Pres · Act · Nom · Pl · Masc · ἀγαπάω · Substantival · "For those who love God all things work together for good." (cf. Rom 8:28)

Part D — Substantival, Non-Nominative (13–15)

#Greek TextTenseVoiceCaseNumGenLexicalUseTranslation
13λέγει τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς αὐτόν.
Pres · Act · Dat · Pl · Masc · πιστεύω · Substantival · "He says to those who believe in him."
14εἶδεν τὸν ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτόν.
Pres · Mid · Acc · Sg · Masc · ἔρχομαι · Substantival · "He saw the one coming to him."
15ἀποστέλλω τοῦτον τοῖς σῳζομένοις.
Pres · Mid/Pass · Dat · Pl · Masc · σῴζω · Substantival · "I send this one to those who are being saved."