09-10-2004, 11:47 AM
Hi Rob,
Greek names and all nouns have 5 forms for the singular number of each of 3 genders.
General nouns have 5 singular cases and 5 plural cases. Those forms are:
Nominative, genitive,dative, accusative and vocative.
The three genders- Masculine,feminine, neuter, combined mean that there are 30 noun cases , most of which are spelled differently.
The masculine "o Ihsous" is declined thus:
Nominative - "o Ihsous" (Subject of the verb)
Genitive - " tou Ihsou" (Possessive form or form of origin and object of some preps.)
Dative - " tw Ihsou" (Indirect object)
Accusative - "ton Ihsoun" (Direct object)
Vocative - "Ihsou" (Direct address)
These are all proper Greek spellings of the same name.
All these forms are used in the GNT and also in the LXX.
Blessings,
Dave B
Greek names and all nouns have 5 forms for the singular number of each of 3 genders.
General nouns have 5 singular cases and 5 plural cases. Those forms are:
Nominative, genitive,dative, accusative and vocative.
The three genders- Masculine,feminine, neuter, combined mean that there are 30 noun cases , most of which are spelled differently.
The masculine "o Ihsous" is declined thus:
Nominative - "o Ihsous" (Subject of the verb)
Genitive - " tou Ihsou" (Possessive form or form of origin and object of some preps.)
Dative - " tw Ihsou" (Indirect object)
Accusative - "ton Ihsoun" (Direct object)
Vocative - "Ihsou" (Direct address)
These are all proper Greek spellings of the same name.
All these forms are used in the GNT and also in the LXX.
Blessings,
Dave B