{"id":792,"date":"2006-08-07T17:07:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-07T17:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/?p=792"},"modified":"2026-06-26T17:33:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T17:33:00","slug":"new-testament-greek-parsing-quiz-219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/new-testament-greek-parsing-quiz-219\/","title":{"rendered":"New Testament Greek Parsing Quiz 219"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"ntgq-quiz-data\"\ndata-quiz-number=\"219\"\ndata-series-label=\"New Testament Greek Parsing Quiz\"\ndata-level=\"intermediate\"\ndata-title=\"Parsing Future Passives, Aorist Infinitives, Middle Subjunctives, Deponent Forms, and Greek Noun Patterns\"\ndata-hero-intro=\"This parsing quiz strengthens recognition of New Testament Greek forms by focusing on words that show future passive formation, second-aorist infinitives, deponent middle forms, imperatives, subjunctives, and neuter noun patterns. Instead of treating parsing as a list of labels, the quiz guides students to observe visible grammatical signals such as tense markers, middle-passive endings, second-aorist stems, and case endings. These details help readers move from guessing to informed grammatical recognition.\"\ndata-box-intro=\"The forms in this quiz are selected from your New Testament Greek vocabulary list and are designed to reinforce both morphology and meaning. Each correct answer includes the lexical form and a concise definition, while each explanation identifies the specific pattern that reveals the parsing. Pay close attention to endings such as -\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, -\u03c3\u03ac\u03c3\u03b8\u03c9, -\u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9, -\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9, and -\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd, as well as special forms built from second-aorist stems such as \u03b5\u1f30\u03c0- and \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7-. Some forms are also grammatically ambiguous without context, so the quiz explains when more than one parsing is possible.\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"ntgq-question-data\">\n[\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Future Passive Parsing\",\n    \"question\":\"How should <span class='ntgq-greek'>\u1f00\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03b3\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/span> be parsed?\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Future passive indicative, third person singular of \u1f00\u03bd\u03bf\u03af\u03b3\u03c9 (to open)\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist passive indicative, third person singular of \u1f00\u03bd\u03bf\u03af\u03b3\u03c9 (to open)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Present middle\/passive indicative, third person singular of \u1f00\u03bd\u03bf\u03af\u03b3\u03c9 (to open)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Future middle indicative, third person singular of \u1f00\u03bd\u03bf\u03af\u03b3\u03c9 (to open)\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"The form <strong>\u1f00\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03b3\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/strong> shows a future passive pattern. The future marker <strong>-\u03c3-<\/strong> appears with the passive formation and the middle\/passive personal ending <strong>-\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/strong>. It means \u201cit will be opened.\u201d\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Noun Parsing\",\n    \"question\":\"How should <span class='ntgq-greek'>\u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03ac\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1<\/span> be parsed?\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Nominative\/accusative neuter singular noun from \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03ac\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1 (exchange, equivalent, thing given in exchange)\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Genitive neuter singular noun from \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03ac\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1 (exchange, equivalent)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Dative neuter singular noun from \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03ac\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1 (exchange, equivalent)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Nominative masculine singular noun from \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03ac\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1 (exchange, equivalent)\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"Neuter nouns ending in <strong>-\u03bc\u03b1<\/strong> have the same form in the nominative and accusative singular. The ending <strong>-\u03bc\u03b1<\/strong> marks this as a neuter noun meaning \u201cexchange\u201d or \u201cthing given in exchange.\u201d\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Infinitive Parsing\",\n    \"question\":\"How should <span class='ntgq-greek'>\u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03c0\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd<\/span> be parsed?\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Second aorist active infinitive of \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03c9 (to speak against, oppose, contradict)\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Present active infinitive of \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03c9 (to speak against, oppose)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist passive infinitive of \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03c9 (to speak against, oppose)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Future active infinitive of \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03c9 (to speak against, oppose)\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"The form <strong>\u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03c0\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd<\/strong> uses the second-aorist stem related to <strong>\u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd<\/strong>. Compounds of \u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03c9 often form the aorist from this irregular stem. The ending <strong>-\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd<\/strong> here belongs to the second aorist active infinitive.\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Participle Parsing\",\n    \"question\":\"How should <span class='ntgq-greek'>\u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b5\u03af\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9<\/span> be parsed?\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Present middle\/passive participle, nominative masculine plural of \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03af\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (to oppose, be opposed)\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Present active participle, nominative masculine plural of \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03af\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (to oppose)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist middle participle, nominative masculine plural of \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03af\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (to oppose)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Perfect middle\/passive participle, nominative masculine plural of \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03af\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (to oppose)\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"The ending <strong>-\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9<\/strong> identifies a nominative masculine plural middle\/passive participle. The verb <strong>\u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03af\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/strong> occurs in middle\/passive form with the meaning \u201cto oppose\u201d or \u201cto be opposed.\u201d\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Future Passive Parsing\",\n    \"question\":\"How should <span class='ntgq-greek'>\u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u03b7\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/span> be parsed?\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Future passive indicative, third person singular of \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9 (to measure back, measure in return)\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist passive indicative, third person singular of \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9 (to measure in return)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Present middle\/passive indicative, third person singular of \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9 (to measure in return)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Future active indicative, third person singular of \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9 (to measure in return)\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"The sequence <strong>-\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/strong> points to the future passive. The element <strong>-\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3-<\/strong> is the future passive marker, and <strong>-\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/strong> is the third person singular middle\/passive ending.\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Infinitive Parsing\",\n    \"question\":\"How should <span class='ntgq-greek'>\u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u1fc6\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9<\/span> be parsed?\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Second aorist active infinitive of \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9 (to resist, oppose, stand against)\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Present active infinitive of \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9 (to resist, oppose)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist passive infinitive of \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9 (to resist, oppose)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Perfect active infinitive of \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9 (to resist, oppose)\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"The form <strong>\u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u1fc6\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9<\/strong> comes from a compound of \u1f35\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9. The second-aorist infinitive pattern uses <strong>-\u03c3\u03c4\u1fc6\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9<\/strong>, not the regular first-aorist infinitive ending <strong>-\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9<\/strong>.\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Imperative Parsing\",\n    \"question\":\"How should <span class='ntgq-greek'>\u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03ac\u03c3\u03b8\u03c9<\/span> be parsed?\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist middle imperative, third person singular of \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (to deny, disown, renounce)\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Present middle\/passive imperative, third person singular of \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (to deny)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist passive imperative, third person singular of \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (to deny)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Future middle indicative, third person singular of \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (to deny)\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"The form <strong>-\u03c3\u03ac\u03c3\u03b8\u03c9<\/strong> combines the aorist marker <strong>-\u03c3\u03b1-<\/strong> with the third person singular middle imperative ending <strong>-\u03c3\u03b8\u03c9<\/strong>. The meaning is \u201clet him deny\u201d or \u201clet him renounce.\u201d\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Ambiguous Middle Form\",\n    \"question\":\"How should <span class='ntgq-greek'>\u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ae\u03c3\u1fc3<\/span> be parsed?\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist middle subjunctive, second person singular, or future middle indicative, second person singular of \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (to deny, disown, renounce)\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist middle subjunctive, third person singular of \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (to deny)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Present middle\/passive indicative, third person singular of \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (to deny)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist passive subjunctive, third person singular of \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (to deny)\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"The ending <strong>-\u1fc3<\/strong> is second person singular in the middle\/passive subjunctive system. This spelling can also match a future middle indicative, second person singular. The third person singular aorist middle subjunctive would be <strong>\u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ae\u03c3\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/strong>, not \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ae\u03c3\u1fc3.\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Subjunctive Parsing\",\n    \"question\":\"How should <span class='ntgq-greek'>\u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ae\u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/span> be parsed?\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist middle subjunctive, first person singular of \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (to deny, disown, renounce)\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Future middle indicative, first person singular of \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (to deny)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Present middle\/passive subjunctive, first person singular of \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (to deny)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist passive subjunctive, first person singular of \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (to deny)\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"The ending <strong>-\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/strong> is first person singular middle\/passive subjunctive. With the aorist stem <strong>\u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3-<\/strong>, the form is aorist middle subjunctive: \u201cI may deny\u201d or \u201cI should deny.\u201d\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Aorist Indicative Parsing\",\n    \"question\":\"How should <span class='ntgq-greek'>\u1f00\u03c0\u03b5\u03b4\u03bf\u03ba\u03af\u03bc\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd<\/span> be parsed?\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist active indicative, third person plural of \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03ba\u03b9\u03bc\u03ac\u03b6\u03c9 (to reject, disapprove after testing)\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Imperfect active indicative, third person plural of \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03ba\u03b9\u03bc\u03ac\u03b6\u03c9 (to reject)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Perfect active indicative, third person plural of \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03ba\u03b9\u03bc\u03ac\u03b6\u03c9 (to reject)\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Present active indicative, third person plural of \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03ba\u03b9\u03bc\u03ac\u03b6\u03c9 (to reject)\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"The augment <strong>\u1f00\u03c0\u03b5-<\/strong> shows an indicative past-time form, and the ending <strong>-\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd<\/strong> is the regular first-aorist active indicative third plural ending. The verb means \u201cto reject\u201d or \u201cto disapprove after testing.\u201d\"\n  }\n]\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greek parsing becomes genuinely useful when learners begin to see each form as a recognizable grammatical pattern rather than as an isolated word to memorize. In the Greek New Testament, a single lexical word may appear as an indicative verb, subjunctive, imperative, infinitive, participle, noun, or adjective, and each form carries visible clues that identify how it functions in context. Augments often point to past-time indicative forms, reduplication may suggest perfect forms, tense markers such as -\u03c3-, -\u03b8\u03b7-, and -\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3- help distinguish aorist, future, and passive constructions, while participial and infinitival endings reveal whether the form is acting verbally, adjectivally, or substantivally. This quiz focuses on forms involving opening, opposition, denial, resistance, exchange, and rejection, all drawn from your New Testament Greek vocabulary list. Each answer gives the correct parsing together with the lexical meaning of the word, and each explanation shows how to recognize the form by its ending, stem, tense marker, voice marker, or ambiguity. This trains students not only to choose the right answer, but also to understand why the other options are grammatically less likely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"quiz-template","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parsing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":793,"href":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions\/793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}