Author	Thread: Baby Greek and John 1:1
God_is_my_Father View Profile History	Baby Greek and John 1:1 Posted : 7 Dec, 2015 09:15 PM We all had, at least the older ones in our little group, had that wonderful experience of English Grammar Class. Take a deep breath, and wait before you run away screaming. This is good stuff. This is the declension of the noun "Lord", in the Greek language. ********************************************* Nominative kurios Lord singular kurioi plural Lords Genitive kuriou of the Lord singular kuriwn of Lords Dative kuriw to or for the Lord singular kuriois to or for the Lords Accusative kurion Lord singular kurious Lords Vocative kurie Lord singular kurioi Lords ********************************************* Nominative - Subject of the sentence Genitive - Description Quality Possession Separation Dative - Personal Interest Location, Indirect Object Accusative - Extension Direct Object Vocative - Direct Address ********************************************* Post Reply
God_is_my_Father View Profile History	Baby Greek and John 1:1 Posted : 7 Dec, 2015 09:34 PM And this is the declension of the noun "God" in the Greek language. ******************************************************* Nominative theos God singular theoi Gods plural Genitive theou of God singular theon of Gods plural Dative theo to or for God singular theis to or for Gods plural Accusative theon God singular theous God Vocative theos or thee God singular theoi Gods John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God" En arxe en o logos, kai o logos en pros ton theon, kai theos en o logo. (Litterally, and God was the Word.) As you can see from the above, the root word "the", (th)eta (e)psilon has two different endings. theos, theon. The different endings account for their position in the sentence. This is not talking about 2 different people, nor two different Gods. If I say, "The Lord saw Spot". "Lord" is the subject of the sentence. If I say, "Spot saw the Lord". "Lord now gets a different ending in the Greek to show a different location in the sentence. It does not mean I'm talking about a different Lord. If I say, "Spot saw the cat run after the Lord", I have another ending. Post Reply