Morphology search results

1,301 verses for Imperfect

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Imperfect — Continuous or repeated action in past time (“was writing”).

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Gospels 831 verses · 64% of matching verses · 1.3× baseline
Acts 320 verses · 25% of matching verses · 1.9× baseline
Pauline Epistles 69 verses · 5% of matching verses · 0.2× baseline
General Epistles 43 verses · 3% of matching verses · 0.4× baseline
Revelation 38 verses · 3% of matching verses · 0.6× baseline

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Morphology search: Imperfect. Greek New Testament (Tischendorf 8th ed. with Robinson morphology). 1,301 verses. Lemma, https://lemma.gebible.app/morphology?lang=greek&tense=Imperfect.

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@misc{lemma-grammar-greek-imperfect,
  author       = {Lemma},
  title        = {Morphology search: Imperfect — Greek New Testament (Tischendorf 8th ed. with Robinson morphology)},
  howpublished = {\url{https://lemma.gebible.app/morphology?lang=greek&tense=Imperfect}},
  note         = {1,301 verses. Grammar tagging: Tischendorf's 8th edition (1869–1872) with Maurice A. Robinson's morphological analysis. Lemma interlinear Bible study tool}
}

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Imperfect — Continuous or repeated action in past time (“was writing”).

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What these categories mean

Adjective: A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
Adverb: A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb.
Aramaic transliteration: An Aramaic word carried over into Greek letters (e.g. ἀββά).
Article: The Greek definite article (“the”), agreeing with its noun in case, number, and gender.
Conditional: A particle introducing a condition (“if”).
Conjunction: A joining word linking words or clauses.
Correlative pronoun: Pairs with another term (“such… as,” “as many… as”).
Correlative/interrogative pronoun: Functions as either a correlative or an interrogative pronoun.
Demonstrative pronoun: Points something out (“this,” “that”).
Hebrew transliteration: A Hebrew word carried over into Greek letters (e.g. ἀμήν, ἀλληλουϊά).
Indefinite pronoun: Refers to someone or something unspecified (“someone,” “anything”).
Interjection: An exclamatory word (“behold!”, “O!”).
Interrogative pronoun: Asks a question (“who?”, “what?”).
Noun: A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Particle: A short, often untranslatable function word adding nuance or connection.
Personal pronoun: Stands in for a person already named (“I,” “you,” “he”).
Possessive pronoun: Marks possession (“my,” “your,” “his”).
Preposition: A relational word governing a noun in a particular case.
Reciprocal pronoun: Expresses mutual action (“one another”).
Reflexive pronoun: Refers the action back to the subject (“himself”).
Relative pronoun: Introduces a relative clause (“who,” “which,” “that”).
Verb: An action or state-of-being word.

Present: Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
Imperfect: Continuous or repeated action in past time (“was writing”).
Future: Action expected in future time.
Aorist: Action viewed as a simple whole, without regard to duration — often past (perfective aspect).
Perfect: A completed past action with continuing present results.
Pluperfect: A past action completed before another past point (“had written”).

Active: The subject performs the action.
Middle: The subject acts on or for itself, or with special interest in the action.
Passive: The subject receives the action.
Middle or Passive: A form that may be middle or passive — resolved by context.
Middle deponent: Middle in form but active in meaning.
Passive deponent: Passive in form but active in meaning.
Middle or Passive deponent: Middle/passive in form but active in meaning.

Indicative: States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
Subjunctive: Expresses probability, purpose, or possibility (the mood of contingency).
Optative: Expresses a wish or a remote possibility.
Imperative: Expresses a command or request.
Infinitive: A verbal noun (“to write”), unmarked for person or number.
Participle: A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
Imperative participle: A participle used with the force of a command.

Nominative: The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
Genitive: The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
Dative: The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Accusative: The case of the direct object and of extent.
Vocative: The case of direct address (“O Lord”).

1st person: The speaker (“I / we”).
2nd person: The one addressed (“you”).
3rd person: The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).

Masculine: Grammatically masculine.
Feminine: Grammatically feminine.
Neuter: Grammatically neuter.

Singular: One.
Plural: More than one.

Comparative: Expresses a greater degree (“greater,” “more”).
Interrogative: Marks an interrogative form.
Negative: Marks a negative form.
Superlative: Expresses the greatest degree (“greatest,” “most”).

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