Prepositions & eivmi
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Preposition: A word that indicates relationship between to words • Those who dwell on the earth • The ball went over his head • John came with his disciples • John came before Jesus
Prepositions • The meaning of a preposition depends upon the case of its object • Prepositions are not inflected – they always look the same way
1st Person Singular Plural eivmi evsme,n 2nd Person eiv evste, evsti,(n) eivsi,n 3rd Person
kai. ga.r evgw. a;nqrwpo,j eivmi u`po. evxousi,an (Luke 7:8)
Ei=pen auvtoi/j o` VIhsou/j( VAmh.n avmh.n le,gw u`mi/n( pri.n VAbraa.m gene,sqai( evgw. eivmiÅ (He said) (I say) (Before) (Became) (John 8:58)
ou-toi, eivsin ui`oi. qeou/ (Romans 8:14 – Textus Receptus) ou-toi ui`oi. qeou/ eivsin (Romans 8:14 – Older Manuscripts)
Pa,ntej ga.r ui`oi. qeou/ evste dia. th/j pi,stewj evn Cristw/| VIhsou/\ All (Nominative) (Galatians 3:26)
u`mei/j evste oi` ui`oi. tw/n profhtw/n You all (Nom Plural) (Acts 3:25)
Naqanah,l kai. le,gei auvtw/|( ~Rabbi,( su. ei= o` ui`o.j tou/ qeou/( su. ei= o` basileu.j tou/ VIsrah,lÅ He said “King” (John 1:49)
su. ei= o` cristo.j o` ui`o.j tou/ qeou/ tou/ zw/ntojÅ “living” (Matthew 16:16)
avlla, But, yet, except
avpo, From
dia, Genative: Through Accusative: On account of
eivmi, I am
evk or evx Out of
h`me,ra Day
hvn He/she/it was
qalassa Sea
qanatoj Death
i[na In order that
`Iwa,nnhj John
le,gw I say
meta, Genitive: With Accusative: After
oivki,a House
oi=koj House
o;cloj Multitude
para, Gen: From Dat: Beside, in the presence of Accus: Alongside of
parabolh, Parable
Pro,j Toward, with
u`po, Gen: by Accus: Under
h=n He was