JAMES STRONG Outline of Greek Grammar for the New Testament LESSON X - EXERCISE ON OUR LORD'S PRAYER

Οὕτως οὖν       προσεύχεσθε1 ὑμεῖς· (Ὅταν     προσεύχησθε,2
Thus  therefore     pray      YE:  (Whenever    ye pray,

λέγετε·3) Πάτερ4 ἡμῶν   ὁ        ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς,5 ἁγιασθήτω6      τὸ
say:)     Father of us, the one  in the  heavens, let be hallowed the

ὄνομά7 σου,     έλθέτω8   ἡ  βασιλεία9 σου,     γενηθήτω10   τὸ
name   of thee; let come the kingdom   of thee; let be done  the

θέλημά11 σου  ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ12 καὶ  ἐπὶ  τῆς γῆς,13 τὸν ἄρτον14
will   of thee,   as in heaven, also upon the earth; the bread

ἡμῶν   τὸν ἐπιούσιον15 δὸς16 (δίδου17) ἡμῖν  σήμερον,18     (τὸ19
of us, the  needful,   give  (give)   to us to-day; as to the time

καθ᾽20 ἡμέραν,21) καὶ ἄφες22  ἡμῖν  τὰ  ὀφειλήματα23 (τὰς ἁμαρτίας24)
by     day;     and forgive to us the debts        (the sins)

ἡμῶν,  ὡς καὶ  ἡμεῖς ἀφίεμεν25 τοῖς   ὀφειλέταις26 ἡμῶν,  (καὶ
of us, as also we    forgive   to the debtors    of us; (and this do,

γὰρ αὐτοἱ27    ἀφίεμεν25      παντὶ28 ὀφείλοντι29 ἡμῖν,)  καὶ μὴ
for ourselves we forgive to every one owing    to us;) and not

εἰσενέγκῃς30     ἡμᾶς εἰς  πειρασμόν,31 ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι32      ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ
mayest thou lead us   into trial;       but  deliver thou us   away

τοῦ      πονηροῦ·33 [ὅτι     σοῦ     ἐστὶν34 ἡ   βασιλεία,9 καὶ  ἡ
from the evil:      [because of thee is      the kingdom,   and  the

δύναμις,35 καὶ ἡ   δόξα36 εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.37 ἀμήν.38]
power,     and the glory  to  the  ages.     Amen.]

Remark.--The words above in parentheses are the variations in the passage of Luke. The concluding doxology in brackets is not found in the oldest manuscripts, and is probably spurious.

1. προσεύχομαι, lit., pray towards; depon., § 40; pres., § 58; indic., § 42; 2d plur. mid., § 49.

2. Subj., § 42; required by conditional particle preceding, § 44.

3. λέγω; pres., § 65; imper., § 42; 2d plur. act., § 49.

4. πατήρ, (accent irregularly shifted;) 3d decl., § 32; voc. sing., § 27.

5. οὐρανός, § 30; dat. plur., § 88.

6. ἁγιάζω, root ἁγιαδ, from ἅγιος =holy; 1st aor. pass., § 59; σ for δ, § 14; η in imper., § 42; 3d pers. sing., § 53; as if act., § 52.

7. ix, 5; accent, § 3.

8. viii, 8; 2d aor. § 48; imper. § 42; 3d sing. act., § 53.

9. Nom. sing. fem., § 29; cannot take the enclitic's accent (§ 3) like No. 7, as another acute immediately precedes.

10. γίνομαι, vii, 15; 1st aor. pass., No. 6; first η assumed irreg. as if a deriv.

11. No. 7.

12. No. 5; dat. sing., § 88.

13. γῆ, § 28; gen. sing., of place all over, like time, § 83.

14. ἄρτος. § 30; acc. sing. § 97.

15. ἐπιούσιος, prob. comp. of ἐπί, for, and οὐσία, subsistence; used only here; acc. sing. masc., § 34.

16. From δίδωμι, § 67; irreg,, 2d aor. imp. 2d sing. act.

17. Same verb; irreg. pres. imper. 2d sing. act.

18. Compound adv.

19. Elliptical, § 74; "attrib. acc." § 97.

20. For κατά, §§ 22, 14.

21. From ἡμέρα, § 29; acc. sing. of time, § 97; here distributive, daily.

22. From ἀφίημι=send away; ἀπό and ἵημι, § 69; irreg. 2d aor. imper.; 2d sing. act., like No. 16.

23. From ὀφείλημα, like No. 7; acc. plur. neut., § 32.

24. From ἁμαρτία. § 28.

25. From same as No. 22; pres. ind. 1st plur. act., § 49;

26. From ὀφειλέτης, § 28; dat. plur., § 92.

27. Def. adj. pron., § 39; used as pers. of all persons.

28. From πᾶς, see vii, 12; dat. sing. masc., § 32.

29. Pres. act. part, of ὀφείλω, like ix, 12; dat. sing. masc., § 92.

30. Assigned to εἰσφέρω, but really belonging to the defective cognate, εἰσήνεγκα, irreg. reduplicate, 1st aor., from εἰς, into, and an obsolete ἔγκω, (for ενκω, § 16;) subj., § 41, (dependent end upon an implied verb of wishing or deprecating § 44;) 2d sing. act., § 51.

31. From πειρασμός, § 30; acc. sing., § 94.

32. From ῥύομαι, § 62; depon., § 40; 1st aor., § 59; imper. union-vowel α, § 42; 2d sing. mid., § 53.

33. Noun implied, § 74; 2d decl., § 34; gen. sing. neut., § 81.

34. From εἰμί, § 69.

35. See § 33.

36. See ix, 34.

37. From αἰών, § 32; acc. plur., § 94.

38. Adv. from the Heb., verily.

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