Adjectives

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Adjectives
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Adjective A word that modifies a noun or a
pronoun

• The apostle is a good man.
• Jesus rose on the third day
• We are learning Koine Greek

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Three types of Adjectives

• Attributive Adjective Gives an attribute to the
  noun We study Koine Greek.
• Substantival Adjective The adjective itself
  gives substance to the noun and acts in the place
  of the noun The good, the bad, and the ugly are
  studying Greek.
• Predicate Adjective Makes a statement about the
  subject God is good.

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Adjectives with the Article
Substantival Adjective
Attributive Adjective
Predicate Adjective

• The good man

The good (man)
The man is good
o avgaqo,j
o avgaqo,j anqrwpoj
o anqrwpoj avgaqo,j
o anqrwpoj o avgaqo,j
avgaqo,j o anqrwpoj
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An adjectives always agrees with the noun or
pronoun it modifies
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avgaqo,j
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avgaqai,
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avgaqo,n
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oi avgaqoi,
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Adjectives without the Article
A man is good
avgaqo,j anqrwpoj
A good man
or
anqrwpoj avgaqo,j
A man is good
A good man
or
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o avgaqo,j anqrwpoj
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avgaqo,j o anqrwpoj
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o anqrwpoj avgaqo,j
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o anqrwpoj o avgaqo,j
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New Vocabulary Words
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Good
avgaqo,j
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Beloved
avgaphto,j
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Eternal
aivw,nioj
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One another
avllh,lwn
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Slave
dou/loj
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He / she/ it answered
avpekriqh
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if
eva,n
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My, mine (of me)
evmo/j - evm/h - evmo,n
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Commandment
evntolh,
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Even as
kaqw,j
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Bad
kako,j
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My
mou
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Dead
nekro,j
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Faithful, believing
pisto,j
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Evil
ponhro,j
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First
prw/toj
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Third
tri,toj
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evgh,gertai th/ hme,ra th/ tri,th kata. ta.j
grafa.j
He rose
(1 Corinthians 154)
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estin ga.r wra tri,th th/j hme,raj
(Acts 215)
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evgw. to. alfa kai. to. w( o prw/toj kai. o
escatoj( h avrch. kai. to. te,lojÅ
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kai. hvn Mwu?sh/j pisto.j evn tw/ oikw auvtou/
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Pisto.j evstin o ku,rioj
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pisto.j o lo,goj

• This is a faithful saying
• 1 Timothy 115 31 49
• 2 Timothy 211
• Titus 38

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