Lesson 3

Overview

Daily Dose of Greek overview:

Lark Kelsey overview:

Ted Hildebrandt for another perspective:

Parsing

Masculine Definite Article: ὁ

Case Singular Plural
Nominative οἱ
Genitive τοῦ τῶν
Dative τῷ τοῖς
Accusative τὸν τοὺς

Neuter Definite Article: τὸ

Case Singular Plural
Nominative τὸ τὰ
Genitive τοῦ τῶν
Dative τῷ τοῖς
Accusative τὸ τὰ

Masculine Second Declension: ὁ λόγος

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ὁ λόγος οἱ λόγοι
Genitive τοῦ λόγου τῶν λόγων
Dative τῷ λόγῳ τοῖς λόγοις
Accusative τὸν λόγον τοὺς λόγους

Neuter Second Declension: τὸ δῶρον

Case Singular Plural
Nominative τὸ δῶρον τὰ δῶρα
Genitive τοῦ δώρου τῶν δώρων
Dative τῷ δώρῳ τοῖς δώροις
Accusative τὸ δῶρον τὰ δῶρα

Exercises

Identify first and second declension nouns in the text and their meaning:

John 1:14 — Καὶ ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ ἐθεασάμεθα τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, δόξαν ὡς μονογενοῦς παρὰ πατρός, πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας·

John 3:16 — Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον ὥστε τὸν υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλὰ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

John 3:17 — οὐ γὰρ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα κρίνῃ τὸν κόσμον, ἀλλ’ ἵνα σωθῇ ὁ κόσμος δι’ αὐτοῦ.

1 John 1:1 — Ὃ ἦν ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς, ὃ ἀκηκόαμεν, ὃ ἑωράκαμεν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἡμῶν, ὃ ἐθεασάμεθα καὶ αἱ χεῖρες ἡμῶν ἐψηλάφησαν, περὶ τοῦ λόγου τῆς ζωῆς

1 John 1:5 — Καὶ ἔστιν αὕτη ἡ ἀγγελία ἣν ἀκηκόαμεν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀναγγέλλομεν ὑμῖν, ὅτι ὁ θεὸς φῶς ἐστιν καὶ σκοτία ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδεμία.

1 John 4:8 — ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν οὐκ ἔγνω τὸν θεόν, ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν.

Vocabulary

Textbook vocabulary video which goes along with material in the next chapter: Vocab 1.

Second Declension Nouns

ἀδελφός, ὁ
brother (and sister)
ἄνθρωπος, ὁ
man, human being, husband
θεός, ὁ
God
κόσμος, ὁ
world, universe; adornment
κύριος, ὁ
Lord, master, sir
λόγος, ὁ
word, message, account
νόμος, ὁ
law, principle
οὐρανός, ὁ
heaven, sky
υἱός, ὁ
son, descendant
Χριστός, ὁ
Christ, Messiah, Anointed One
ἀπόστολος, ὁ
apostle
δοῦλος, ὁ
slave, servant
θάνατος, ὁ
death
οἶκος, ὁ
house
λαός, ὁ
people
ἔργον, τό
work, deed
εὐαγγέλιον, τό
good news, gospel
ἱερόν, τό
temple, sanctuary
σημεῖον, τό
sign
τέκνον, τό
child, son, descendant
δῶρον, τό
gift

1 John — Second Declension Nouns

βίος, ὁ
(earthly) life
διάβολος, ὁ
devil
Ἰησοῦς, ὁ
Jesus (proper noun)
νεανίσκος, ὁ
young man
ἱλασμός, ὁ
atonement/propitiation
φόβος, ὁ
fear
εἴδωλον, τό
idol
σκάνδαλον, τό
stumbling block
τέκνον, τό
child/little child
παιδίον, τό
child