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Chapter 19 The Future Tense. The Use of the Future Tense. Both English and Greek use the future tense to predict or describe an action that will take place in future. But Greek also uses the future tense to form commands – particularly when the NT is quoting the OT.
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The Use of the Future Tense • Both English and Greek use the future tense to predict or describe an action that will take place in future. • But Greek also uses the future tense to form commands – particularly when the NT is quoting the OT. • o` de. e;fh auvtw/|( VAgaph,seij ku,rion to.n qeo,n sou evn o[lh| th/| kardi,a| sou kai. evn o[lh| th/| yuch/| sou kai. evn o[lh| th/| dianoi,a| sou\ (Matt 22:37). • And He said to him, “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37)
The Use of the Future Tense • The future is formed by adding a sigma to the end of the future tense stem (lu,sw).
Present Tense Future Active Active Passive/Middle Sng lu,w lu,omai lu,sw lu,eij lu,h| lu,seij lu,ei lu,etai lu,sei lu,omen Pl luo,meqa lu,somen lu,ete lu,esqe lusete lu,ousin lu,ontai lu,sousin
Funny Futures blepsw Root word Instead of It becomes blepw bleyw e;cw e;csw e;xw suna,gw suna,gsw suna,xw
Funny Futures avgapa,sw Root word Instead of It becomes avgapa,w avgaph,sw lale,w lale,sw lalh,sw plhro,w plhro,sw plhrw,sw poie,w poie,sw poih,sw