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μίμημα θείας εἰκόνος,

δῆλον ὅτι καὶ ἡ ἀρχέτυπος σφραγίς,

ὅν φαμεν νοητὸν εἶναι κόσμον,

αὐτὸς ἂν εἴη τὸ παράδειγμα,

ἀρχέτυπος ἰδέα τῶν ἰδεῶν

ὁ θεοῦ λόγος.

 

(Philo,  de opificio mundi 25b)

 

 

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Καλό Πάσχα!

Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν
θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας
καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι
ζωὴν χαρισάμενος!

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Ναί, ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη!

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I'll start easy...

 

μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος
οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκε,

 

Sing, O goddess, of the wrath of Achilles, son of Peleus

that brought countless ills upon the Achæans.

 

(Homer, The Iliad, Book 1, line 1.)

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Καὶ ἐπῄνεσα ἐγὼ σὺν τὴν εὐφροσύνην,

ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον,

ὅτι εἰ μὴ φαγεῖν καὶ τοῦ πιεῖν καὶ τοῦ εὐφρανθῆναι

καὶ αὐτὸ συμπροσέσται αὐτῷ ἐν μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ ἡμέρας ζωῆς αὐτοῦ,

ὅσας ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον.

(LXX  /   ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΗΣ 8:15)

 

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ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ
πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσεν:

(Homer, The Odyssey, Line 1)

 

Tell me, O Muse, of the man of many devices, who wandered full many ways after he had sacked the sacred citadel of Troy.

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Οὐ γὰρ ἐπαισχύνομαι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον,

δύναμις γὰρ θεοῦ ἐστιν εἰς σωτηρίαν παντὶ τῷ πιστεύοντι,

Ἰουδαίῳ τε πρῶτον καὶ Ἕλληνι.

δικαιοσύνη γὰρ θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ ἀποκαλύπτεται

ἐκ πίστεως εἰς πίστιν, καθὼς γέγραπται ὁ δὲ δίκαιος  ἐκ πίστεως ζήσεται.

(ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 1:16 ~ 17)

 

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      τῷ φοβουμένῳ Κύριον οὐκ ἀπαντήσει κακόν,
      ἀλλʼ ἐν πειρασμῷ καὶ πάλιν ἐξελεῖται.

One who fears the LORD will not be met with evil, but in trial after trial will be recused.

(ΣΟΦΙΑ ΣΕΙΡΑΧ 36:1a)

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Ζητάτε και θα σας δοθεί, ψάχνετε και θα βρείτε, χτυπάτε την πόρτα και θα σας ανοιχτεί.

ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ  7:7 (ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΒΙΒΛΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΙΑ, 1997 )

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Τι το θείον; το μήτε αρχήν έχον μήτε τελευτήν.

What’s divine? That which has neither beginning nor end.

—  Thales of Miletus, 643-548 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς,
ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου,
ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου,
γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον
καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφίεμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν.
καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ.
ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν.

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Χαρούμενη ημέρα του πατέρα

I Wish You A Happy Father's Day!

 

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Try and guess what verse and what versions these are from:

 

From a modern Greek NT:

Ολα όσα θέλετε να σας κάνουν οι άλλοι άνθρωποι,

αυτά να τους κάνετε κι εσείς· σ’ αυτό συνοψίζονται ο νόμος και οι προφήτες

 

From a Koine Greek NT:

Πάντα οὖν ὅσα ἂν θέλητε ἵνα ποιῶσιν ὑμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι,

οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε αὐτοῖς οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται.

 

 

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Κάλλιστον κόσμος, ποίημα γαρ θεού.

 

Ο Θαλής ο Μιλήσιος, (640 ή 624 π.Χ. Μίλητος, Ιωνία - 546 π.Χ.)

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O δε ανεξέταστος βίος ου βιωτός ανθρώπω.

Ο Σωκράτης(469-399 BC)

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   καρδία συνετοῦ διανοηθήσεται παραβολήν,
   καὶ οὖς ἀκροατοῦ ἐπιθυμία σοφοῦ.

The heart of the prudent will understand a parable; and an attentive ear is the desire of a wise man. (Σιράχ 3:29)

 

Greek text from Rahlf's LXX and English from Brenton Translation both available in Accordance Bible Software.

 

 

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  Υἱέ, ἐμῶν νομίμων μὴ ἐπιλανθάνου,
        τὰ δὲ ῥήματά μου τηρείτω σὴ καρδία·
        μῆκος γὰρ βίου καὶ ἔτη ζωῆς καὶ εἰρήνην προσθήσουσίν σοι. (
Παροιμίαι 3:1 ~ 3:2)

 

Greek Old Testament (Septuagint) and Greek New Testament (LXX-GNT) Copyright © 2007, 2013 OakTree Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Version 2.5
 

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Not quite quotable. But my favorite passage right now just because there is so much going on syntactically and pragmatically (discourse). Just look at the nested temporal markers. And the dislocated matrix verb/ infinitive complements! So much fun

 

“Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ βαπτισθῆναι ἅπαντα τὸν λαὸν καὶ Ἰησοῦ βαπτισθέντος καὶ προσευχομένου ἀνεῳχθῆναι τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ καταβῆναι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον σωματικῷ εἴδει ⸀ὡς περιστερὰν ⸁ἐπ’ αὐτόν, καὶ φωνὴν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ γενέσθαι· ⸂σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐν σοὶ εὐδόκησα⸃. (Luke 3:21-22)

 

 

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καλή σταδιοδρομία Nathan Parker!

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Εύχομαι το έλεος, η ειρήνη και η αγάπη να πληθαίνουν ανάμεσά σας

ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΟΥΔΑ 1:2

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I wish there was mouse-over parsing in the forum. :P

θέλω μεθερμηνεία.

(Sorry, my Greek isn't up there with all the rest of y'all.)

 

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On 1/18/2023 at 1:30 AM, Lawrence said:

I wish there was mouse-over parsing in the forum

Hey, I can start adding a glossary under each quote.

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κρείσσων γὰρ σοφία λίθων πολυτελῶν,
        πᾶν δὲ τίμιον οὐκ ἄξιον αὐτῆς ἐστιν.

indeed wisdom is great than expensive jewels, and nothing is as valuable as it.

 

 

glossary:

κρείττων    better, greater
γάρ    for, since, then, indeed
σοφία    skill; wisdom
λίθος    stone
πολυτελής    expensive
πᾶς    all, every; the whole
δέ    but, and, now

τίμιος    precious, rare; honorable
οὐ    not; no
ἄξιος    worthy; worth, value, dignity
αὐτός    he, she, it; self, same; they
εἰμί    to be, exist

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10 hours ago, Brian K. Mitchell said:

Hey, I can start adding a glossary under each quote.

 

Thanks! This is now my favourite Accordance thread. :)

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Υἱὸς σοφὸς εὐφραίνει πατέρα, υἱὸς δὲ ἄφρων λύπη τῇ μητρί. (Proverbs 10:1)


 The obviously masculine noun υἱός (son) appears 2x times in this verse and both times it is found in the nominative singular dictionary form.  

 All the following lexical items in verse relating the singular (son) are also all singular.
σοφός  (wise/wisdom) masculine nominative adjective in the plain dictionary form.
εὐφραίνει  (to make glad, happy, cause to celebrate)  is the present active indicative 3rd person form of the verb εὐφραίνω    
πατέρα    (Father, Dad, parent) is the accusative masculine form of the noun πατήρ  
δὲ  (but, however, now) is a conjunction

ἄφρων (stupid, foolish) is the masculine nominative form of the adjective  ἄφρων   

 

Naturally the following are all feminine singular(s)
λύπη   (sorrow, grief, unhappiness) is nominative noun  
τῇ   is the of course the article ὁ   
μητρί (mother) is the dative form of the noun μήτηρ  

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