Learning biblical Greek can enrich your Bible study. Even a little knowledge of biblical Greek can help.
Cases – Biblical Greek
The different functions words can perform in a sentence are called cases. In Greek, case — not word order — indicates the word’s function in a sentence, making it important to understand cases.
Grammar for Biblical Greek students
One way to understand Biblical Greek is comparing and contrasting it with English grammar. Lack of knowledge of English grammar can be an unexpected obstacle to learning biblical Greek. Here are some basics you may want to review before embarking on learning biblical Greek.
How to use e-sword to parse a word
Even if you don’t know biblical Greek or Hebrew, you can do a lot with the original languages, if you understand some basic grammar and have a few good tools.
Prepositions – Biblical Greek
Here’s my running summary of Greek prepositions and their main meanings depending on case.
Punctuation & Accents – Biblical Greek
Even if you’re using an interlinear Bible, it’s helpful to understand the basic punctuation marks and accents.
Should I learn Greek & Hebrew?
After a few years of Bible study, students often begin asking, “Should I learn biblical Greek and Hebrew?” While the tools for English readers continue to improve and less people are learning the original languages, knowing the original languages can be helpful. You can learn enough to widen the tools available to you and/or learn to read Scripture in the original language.
Verbs – Biblical Greek
Bible Study software has made biblical Greek more accessible for those who never learned the language. Now with 1 click you can access the Greek word and its conjugation but what are you looking at? Here’s a helpful primer on Greek verbs.
Word Studies – Greek
A listener asked for help with word studies. These resources pages give you links to tools to help your word studies.
Other Resources
Blue Letter Bible: Simplified Greek & Hebrew Grammar
Bingo for Greek and Hebrew
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