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Verb Morphology by Book

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Verb stem distribution for the Hebrew OT and verb tense/mood distribution for the Greek NT, shown as a percentage of all verbs in each book.


Corpus Reports

Corpus Report Categories
Hebrew OT Hebrew OT — Verb Stems by Book Qal, Hiphil, Piel, Niphal, Hithpael, Pual, Hophal, Other
Greek NT Greek NT — Verb Morphology by Book Tenses (Present / Imperfect / Future / Aorist / Perfect / Pluperfect) and Moods (Indicative / Subjunctive / Imperative / Optative / Infinitive / Participle)

Quick Reference — OT Stem Extremes

Book Highest Qal Lowest Qal Highest Hiphil Highest Piel
Ruth 82.1%
Haggai 81.4%
Zephaniah 59.2%
Leviticus 60.2% 14.8% 13.7%
1 Chronicles 64.5% 20.2%
Psalms 14.8%

Quick Reference — NT Tense Extremes

Register Books Dominant Feature
Narrative (Gospels, Acts) Matt, Mark, Luke, Acts Aorist-heavy (43–51%)
Epistolary Pauline + General Present-heavy (50–68%)
Johannine John, 1 John High perfect rate (7.3–14.8%)

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (CC BY).