Translation Assignments Syntax

Question 1

προς Associative Preposition

Answer 1

with, in company with (with stative verbs)

Question 2

δια Intermediate Agency

Answer 2

by, through (*there is an ultimate agent carrying out an action through the agency of another)

Question 3

εν Spatial/Sphere

Answer 3

Spatial/Sphere: in, among (and various other translations)

Question 4

Objective Genitive

Answer 4

Objective: gen is the object or recipient; “the blasphemy of the Spirit”

Question 5

Parenthetic Nominative

Answer 5

Parenthetic Nominative: subject of an explanatory clause within another clause

Question 6

παρα Agency

Answer 6

Genitive: Agency: from, by

Question 7

εἰς Purpose

Answer 7

Purpose: for, in order to, to

Question 8

ἱνα + subjunctive Purpose

Answer 8

With ἵνα clauses, Purpose

(Otherwise can be Result, or Purpose-Result which is divine purpose and result.)

Question 9

Predicate Nominative

Answer 9

Predicate nominative: joined by “to-be” verb (e.g., “Jesus is Lord”)

Question 10

Qualitative Anarthrous Noun

Answer 10

Absence of the Article
An anarthrous noun can be
Indefinite –
Qualitative

Colwell’s Rule: an anarthrous pre-verbal PN is normally qualitative, sometimes definite, and only rarely indefinite

Question 11

Periphrastic participle

Answer 11

Periphrastic: anarthrous participle used with a verb of being to form a finite verbal idea;
Finite Verb (of εἰµί) + Present = Finite Tense Equivalent
Present + Present = Present
Imperfect + Present = Imperfect
Future + Present = Future
Present + Perfect = Perfect
Imperfect + Perfect = Pluperfect

Question 12

Genitive Possessive

Answer 12

belonging to; the voice of the girl = the voice that belongs to the girl

Question 13

Genitive Source/Origin

Answer 13

from, out of

Question 14

Infinitive Exegetical Substantival

Answer 14

clarifies, explains, or qualifies a noun or adjective (words that indicate ability, authority, desire, freedom, hope, need, obligation, or readiness)

Question 15

ἐκ Genitive Means

Answer 15

by, from

Question 16

Subjective genitives

Answer 16

the coming of Christ (gen = the subj or producer of the action); “the coming of Christ”

Question 17

παρὰ Source/Spatial

Answer 17

from

Question 18

Ἐν Spatial/Sphere

Answer 18

in, among (and various other translations)

Question 19

Present Verb Historical Present

Answer 19

describes a past event in narr lit (only ind, 3rd pers); λέγει

Question 20

Adverbial Conjunction ὅτι Causal

Answer 20

because, since (γάρ, διότι, ἐπεί, ἐπειδή, ἐπειδήπερ, καθώς, ὅτι, and ὡς)

Question 21

Genitive of comparison

Answer 21

than, after a comparative adj

Question 22

Conjunction καί epexegetical/Explanatory

Answer 22

for, you see, or that is, namely (γάρ, δέ, εἰ (after verbs of emotion), and καί)

Question 23

Nominative Absolute

Answer 23

in introductory material (not sentences)

Question 24

Nominative in Apposition

Answer 24

adjacent, in same case, refers to same thing/person; in the same syntactical relationship to rest of the sentence

Question 25

Granville Sharp Rule

Answer 25

In the TSKS construction (art-subst-καί-subst) with Subst #1 and Subst # 2 in the same case) Subst #2 has the same reference as Subst #1 if neither is impersonal, plural, or a proper name

Question 26

Adverbial Participle Temporal

Answer 26

answers the question When? May be antecedent (before doing, before he does), contemporaneous (while doing), or subsequent (after doing, after he did)

Question 27

Conjunction Purpose

Answer 27

in order that (ἵνα, ὅπως, µήπως, µήπου, and µήποτε)

Question 28

Conjunction Content

Answer 28

Substantival Conjunction, that; introduces a subj, PN, DO, or appositional noun (ἵνα, ὅπως, ὅτι, and ὡς)

Question 29

Genitive Objective

Answer 29

gen is the object or recipient; “the blasphemy of the Spirit”

Question 30

Genitive Descriptive

Answer 30

characterized by

Question 31

Genitive Source

Answer 31

from, out of

Question 32

εἰς Purpose

Answer 32

for, in order to, to

Question 33

εἰς Spatial

Answer 33

into, toward, in

Question 34

εἰς Respect/Reference

Answer 34

with respect to, with reference to

Question 35

Participle Adverbial Concessive

Answer 35

although (implies that the state or action of the main verb is true in spite of the state or action of the participle)

Question 36

preposition ἐν Temporal

Answer 36

in, within, when, while, during

Question 37

Genitive Production

Answer 37

produced by

Question 38

Colwell's Rule

Answer 38

an anarthrous pre-verbal PN is normally qualitative, sometimes definite, and only rarely indefinite