Complete New Testament Greek

A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding New Testament Greek with Original Texts

Gavin Betts

• Publisher: Teach Yourself
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9781473627895
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473627901
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Ancient Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Designed for complete beginners, and tested for years with real learners, Complete New Testament Greek offers a bridge from the textbook to the real world, enabling you to learn the grammar, understand the vocabulary and ultimately how to translate the language in which the Bible was originally written. Structured around authentic material, placing an emphasis on the importance of reading Biblical texts in the original, and introducing both a grammar perspective and a full introduction to essential vocabulary, this course also features: -21 learning units plus maps and verb guide
-Authentic materials - language taught through key texts
-Teaches the key skills - reading and understanding Greek grammar and vocabulary
-Self tests and learning activities - see and track your own progress Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 75 years.

1

In this unit you will learn:

how to read and write in Greek

pronunciation

accents.

Grammar

1.1 THE GREEK ALPHABET AND ITS PRONUNCIATION

The names of the twenty-four letters of the Greek alphabet are traditional. Today the alphabet is used in upper and lower case, although in antiquity it was written only in capitals. The value assigned in the following table to each letter does not always reflect what is known of the ancient pronunciation, which in any case developed over time and varied from one locality to another. However, as we learn Greek in order to read what has been written in the language, not to speak it, the need for absolute accuracy in pronunciation does not arise.

	Name	Pronunciation
A α	alpha (ἄλϕα)	a (as in father, never as in cat)
B β	bêta (βῆτα)	b
Γ γ	gamma (γάμμα)	g (as in gain, never as in gesture, but as n in king before κ, ξ, χ or another γ)
Δ δ	delta (δέλτα)	d
E ε	epsilon (ἒψιλόν)	short e (as in set)
Ζ ζ	zêta (ζῆτα)	z (as in squeeze)
Η η	êta (ἦτα)	long e (like ê in fête or ai in fairy)
Θ θ	thêta (θῆτα)	th (as in thought)
I ι	iôta (ἰῶτα)	i as in sit
Κ κ	kappa (κάππα)	k (but represented in English as c)
Λ λ	lambda (λάμβδα)	l
M μ	mû (μῦ)	m
Ν ν	nû (νῦ)	n
Ξ ξ	xei (ξεῖ)	cs (as x in tax)
O ο	omicron (ὂμικρόν)	short o (as in cot)
Π π	pe (πῖ)	p
P ρ	rhô (ῥῶ)	r
Σ σ, ς	sigma (σίγμα)	s (as in same)
T τ	tau (ταῦ)	t
Υ υ	upsilon (ὒψιλόν)	u (represented in English as y)
Φ ϕ	phi (ϕῖ)	ph
Χ χ	chi (χῖ)	ch
Ψ ψ	psi (ψῖ)	ps (as in caps)
Ω ω	ômega (ὦμέγα)	long o (like oa in broad)

A circumflex (ˆ) above a vowel in the English transliterations indicates a longer pronunciation (compare êta with epsilon).

When taking Greek words directly into English we normally use the phonetic equivalent of Greek letters except where indicated in the table, e.g. cosmos (κόσμος), pathos (πάθος). For proper nouns and derivatives see note 1.

a Consonants

Where no example is given in the table, consonants are pronounced as their English equivalent. Chi (χ) should be pronounced as the ch in the Scottish pronunciation of loch in order to distinguish it from kappa (κ). Th...

Table of contents

• Cover 
• Title
• Contents 
• Meet the author
• Introduction
• Glossary of grammatical and other terms
• Abbreviations
• Unit 1
• Unit 2
• Unit 3
• Unit 4
• Unit 5
• Unit 6
• Unit 7
• Unit 8
• Unit 9
• Unit 10
• Unit 11
• Unit 12
• Unit 13
• Unit 14
• Unit 15
• Unit 16
• Unit 17
• Unit 18
• Unit 19
• Unit 20
• Unit 21
• Supplementary exercises: Advanced readings
• Suggestions for further study
• Appendices
• Key to Greek reading exercises
• Principal parts of verbs
• Vocabulary
• Copyright