Biblical Greek - Participle Study Guide

Front 1

participles of purpose are normally _____, sometimes _______, (almost) never _______ or _______.

Back 1

normally future, sometimes present, almost never aorist or perfect

Front 2

participles of purpose are normally future because?....

Back 2

the purpose of the Controlling verb is carried out after the time of the main verb

Front 3

causal participles will not be in the ____ tense

Back 3

future

Front 4

result participles will not be in the _____ tense

Back 4

perfect

Front 5

participle of means are normally _____ tense

Back 5

present

Front 6

if the participle has the article it must be either _____ or _____

Back 6

adjectival (proper) or substantival

Front 7

the infinitive is _______; the participle is ________

Back 7

the infinitive is abstract, the participle is concrete

Front 8

infinitive speaks of the ________

Back 8

act or fact of doing

Front 9

the participle speaks of the _________

Back 9

person who or thing which does

Front 10

the _________ or ________ participle is grammatically subordinated to its controlling verb

Back 10

adverbial or circumstancial

Front 11

greek participles for the most part follow carefully defined patterns such as: ______

Back 11

word order, tense of participle, tense of controlling verb

Front 12

if a particular adverbial participle is to be labeled as temporal, this should the _______ element the author wishes to stress

Back 12

primary

Front 13

the participle of style contrasts with the participle of ______

Back 13

means

Front 14

the participle of means explains the _______

Back 14

action of the main verb

Front 15

the participle of manner refers to the _________

Back 15

emotion

Front 16

the participle of means.. should be translated as _____

Back 16

by .. or by means of

Front 17

the participle of means answers the question of

Back 17

"how"

Front 18

the participle of means is called in older commentaries as -

Back 18

participle of mode or mood

Front 19

the participle of means- if it is absent, the point of ______ is also removed

Back 19

the point of the main verb

Front 20

the participle of means almost always defines _____

Back 20

the actions of the main verb

Front 21

the participle of means can also be called the ______

Back 21

epexegetical participle

Front 22

amplification and significance - the verb comes _____ and is _____ in its lexical range

Back 22

first, general

Front 23

the perfect adverbial participle almost always belongs in this category

Back 23

cause

Front 24

which tenses are amply represented in Cause, and which one is frequently found ?

Back 24

aorist and perfect = amply represented, present participle is frequently found

Front 25

the causal participle normally _____ the verb it modifies

Back 25

precedes

Front 26

______ ______ participles almost always belong to this category

Back 26

adverbial perfect participles

Front 27

Condition [if] Amplification - this participle is almost always equivalent to the _____ _____ ____

Back 27

third class condition

Front 28

the difference between the participle of purpose and the infinitive of purpose is ____

Back 28

that the participle of emphasizes the actor while the infinitive emphasizes the action

Front 29

the result participle will be a _____ _____ participle and will follow (in word order) the ____ _____

Back 29

present tense, main verb

Front 30

Attendant circumstance is defined as _____

Back 30

another action that is happening at the same time

Front 31

Structure 90% Rule: occurs in instances of attendant circumstances

Back 31

1. the tense of the participle is usually aorist
2. the tense of the main verb is usually aorist
3. the mood of the main verb is usually imperative or indicative
4. the partiple will precede the main verb - both in word order and time of event
5. attendant circumstance participles occur frequently in narrative literature, infrequently elsewhere