Lesson 28: Adjectives
ἁληθης | true |
μεγας | great |
πας | every |
πολυς | much, many |
The following are examples of adjectives that do not follow the patterns that we have already learned.
1- The declension of πας, πασα, παν, all.
Masc. | Fem. | Neut. | |
Nom. | πας | πασα | παν |
Gen. | παντος | πασης | παντος |
L.I.D. | παντι | παση | παντι |
Acc. | παντα | πασαν | παν |
Masc. | Fem. | Neut. | |
Nom. | παντες | πασαι | παντα |
Gen. | παντων | πασων | παντων |
L.I.D. | πασιν | πασαις | πασιν |
Acc. | παντας | πασας | παντα |
The rest of the adjectives which occur in the New Testament are regular enough that the student should be able to recognize the gender, case and number of any adjective.
ASSIGNMENT: Memorize the vocabulary above, and translate I John 2:1-6:
1 Τεκνία μου, ταῦτα γράφω ὑμῖν ἵνα μὴ ἁμάρτητε. καὶ ἐάν τις ἁμάρτῃ, παράκλητον ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν δίκαιον,
2 καὶ αὐτὸς ἱλασμός ἐστιν περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, οὐ περὶ τῶν ἡμετέρων δὲ μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ ὅλου τοῦ κόσμου.
3 Καὶ ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐγνώκαμεν αὐτόν, ἐὰν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν.
4 ὁ λέγων ὅτι Ἔγνωκα αὐτόν καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ μὴ τηρῶν ψεύστης ἐστίν καὶ ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀλήθεια οὐκ ἔστιν·
5 ὃς δ’ ἂν τηρῇ αὐτοῦ τὸν λόγον, ἀληθῶς ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ τετελείωται. Ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐσμέν·
6 ὁ λέγων ἐν αὐτῷ μένειν ὀφείλει καθὼς ἐκεῖνος περιεπάτησεν καὶ αὐτὸς περιπατεῖν.