{"id":810,"date":"2006-08-12T00:29:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-12T00:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/?p=810"},"modified":"2026-06-27T00:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T00:38:50","slug":"new-testament-greek-parsing-quiz-224","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/new-testament-greek-parsing-quiz-224\/","title":{"rendered":"New Testament Greek Parsing Quiz 224"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"ntgq-quiz-data\" data-quiz-number=\"224\" data-series-label=\"New Testament Greek Parsing Quiz 224\" data-title=\"Parsing Passive Futures, Perfect Participles, Aorist Imperatives, and Nominal Forms\" data-intro=\"Practice identifying Koine Greek morphology through authentic forms from the vocabulary list.\" data-level=\"intermediate\" data-hero-intro=\"Accurate parsing grows from careful attention to the visible grammar within each Greek form. This quiz reviews tense stems, augments, reduplication, participial endings, infinitive patterns, passive markers, and nominal inflections that regularly appear in New Testament Greek. Students should observe how each form marks tense, voice, mood, person, number, case, and gender.\" data-box-intro=\"This quiz emphasizes major patterns of Koine Greek morphology, including future passive indicatives, perfect middle-passive participles, aorist active imperatives, present participles, infinitives, and second-declension nouns. Special attention should be given to the difference between tense markers and personal endings, the role of reduplication in perfect forms, and the way case endings identify nouns and adjectives.\">\n  <script class=\"ntgq-question-data\" type=\"application\/json\">\n[\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Future Passive Indicative\",\n    \"question\":\"Parse <span class=\\\"ntgq-greek\\\">\u03c3\u03c9\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/span>.\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Future passive indicative, third person singular\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist passive subjunctive, third person singular\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Future middle indicative, third person singular\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Present passive indicative, third person singular\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"Lexical form: \u03c3\u1ff4\u03b6\u03c9, meaning \\\"to save.\\\" The sequence -\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5- identifies the future passive system, and -\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 marks third person singular middle-passive indicative. An aorist passive subjunctive would not contain the future -\u03c3-. A future middle form would lack the passive marker -\u03b8\u03b7-.\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Aorist Active Imperative\",\n    \"question\":\"Parse <span class=\\\"ntgq-greek\\\">\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03ae\u03c3\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5<\/span>.\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist active imperative, second person plural\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Present active imperative, second person plural\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist middle imperative, second person plural\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist active indicative, second person plural\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"Lexical form: \u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03ad\u03c9, meaning \\\"to seize\\\" or \\\"to hold.\\\" The -\u03c3\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5 ending marks a first-aorist active second plural command. A present imperative would be based on the present stem. A middle imperative would use middle endings. The aorist indicative second plural would normally show an augment in narrative context.\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Perfect Passive Participle\",\n    \"question\":\"Parse <span class=\\\"ntgq-greek\\\">\u1f21\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd<\/span>.\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Perfect passive participle, accusative feminine singular\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Present passive participle, accusative feminine singular\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist passive participle, accusative feminine singular\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Perfect active participle, accusative feminine singular\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"Lexical form: \u1f11\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03ac\u03b6\u03c9, meaning \\\"to prepare.\\\" The reduplicated perfect formation and the -\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd ending identify a perfect middle-passive participle, accusative feminine singular. A present participle would not show perfect formation. An aorist passive participle would use -\u03b8\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd or related aorist passive morphology. The ending is not active.\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Present Active Infinitive\",\n    \"question\":\"Parse <span class=\\\"ntgq-greek\\\">\u03b2\u03bb\u03ad\u03c0\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/span>.\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Present active infinitive\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist active infinitive\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Present middle infinitive\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Future active infinitive\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"Lexical form: \u03b2\u03bb\u03ad\u03c0\u03c9, meaning \\\"to see\\\" or \\\"to look.\\\" The ending -\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd identifies a present active infinitive built on the present stem. An aorist infinitive would use an aorist stem and different formation. A middle infinitive would end in -\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9. A future infinitive would require future tense formation.\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Aorist Passive Indicative\",\n    \"question\":\"Parse <span class=\\\"ntgq-greek\\\">\u1f10\u03c6\u03bf\u03b2\u03ae\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd<\/span>.\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist passive indicative, third person plural\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Imperfect passive indicative, third person plural\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist active indicative, third person plural\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Future passive indicative, third person plural\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"Lexical form: \u03c6\u03bf\u03b2\u03ad\u03c9, meaning \\\"to fear.\\\" The augment \u1f10- and the passive marker -\u03b8\u03b7- identify an aorist passive indicative form, while -\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd marks third person plural in this aorist passive pattern. It is not imperfect because the -\u03b8\u03b7- aorist passive marker is present. It is not future because there is no future -\u03c3- after -\u03b8\u03b7-.\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Present Active Participle\",\n    \"question\":\"Parse <span class=\\\"ntgq-greek\\\">\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03ac\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/span>.\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Present active participle, nominative masculine plural\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist active participle, nominative masculine plural\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Present middle participle, nominative masculine plural\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Present active indicative, third person plural\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"Lexical form: \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03ac\u03b3\u03c9, meaning \\\"to go before\\\" or \\\"to lead forward.\\\" The -\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 ending identifies a present active participle, nominative masculine plural. An aorist participle would use an aorist stem. A middle participle would use -\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9. The participial ending rules out a finite third plural indicative.\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Aorist Passive Infinitive\",\n    \"question\":\"Parse <span class=\\\"ntgq-greek\\\">\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c5\u03c1\u03c9\u03b8\u1fc6\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9<\/span>.\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist passive infinitive\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Present passive infinitive\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Future passive infinitive\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist active infinitive\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"Lexical form: \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c5\u03c1\u03cc\u03c9, meaning \\\"to crucify.\\\" The passive marker -\u03b8\u03b7- with the infinitive ending -\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 identifies an aorist passive infinitive. A present passive infinitive would end in -\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9. A future passive infinitive would include future passive formation. An active infinitive would not contain -\u03b8\u03b7-.\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Third-Declension Noun\",\n    \"question\":\"Parse <span class=\\\"ntgq-greek\\\">\u03b4\u03b5\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03c6\u03cd\u03bb\u03b1\u03ba\u03b9<\/span>.\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Dative masculine singular noun\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Nominative masculine singular noun\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Accusative masculine singular noun\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Genitive masculine singular noun\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"Lexical form: \u03b4\u03b5\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03c6\u03cd\u03bb\u03b1\u03be, meaning \\\"jailer.\\\" The ending -\u03b9 marks dative singular. The nominative singular is \u03b4\u03b5\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03c6\u03cd\u03bb\u03b1\u03be, the accusative singular would have a different ending, and the genitive singular would normally end in -\u03bf\u03c2. The form belongs to a third-declension noun pattern.\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Aorist Middle Participle\",\n    \"question\":\"Parse <span class=\\\"ntgq-greek\\\">\u03b8\u03b5\u03b1\u03c3\u03ac\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9<\/span>.\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist middle participle, nominative masculine plural\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist active participle, nominative masculine plural\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Present middle participle, nominative masculine plural\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Perfect middle participle, nominative masculine plural\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"Lexical form: \u03b8\u03b5\u03ac\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9, meaning \\\"to see\\\" or \\\"to behold.\\\" The -\u03c3\u03ac\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 ending identifies an aorist middle participle, nominative masculine plural. An active aorist participle would use -\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2. A present middle participle would use -\u03ce\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 or a present-stem equivalent. A perfect participle would show perfect formation.\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Future Active Indicative\",\n    \"question\":\"Parse <span class=\\\"ntgq-greek\\\">\u03bc\u03b9\u03c3\u03ae\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/span>.\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Future active indicative, third person plural\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Aorist active subjunctive, third person plural\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Present active indicative, third person plural\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Future middle indicative, third person plural\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"Lexical form: \u03bc\u03b9\u03c3\u03ad\u03c9, meaning \\\"to hate.\\\" The -\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd ending identifies future active indicative, third person plural. An aorist active subjunctive would normally have -\u03c3\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd, not -\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd. A present indicative would lack the future -\u03c3-. A future middle form would use middle endings.\"\n  }\n]\n  <\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parsing authentic Koine Greek forms requires far more than recognizing vocabulary. Every inflected word preserves grammatical information through its stem, augment, reduplication, tense formative, voice marker, and inflectional ending, enabling careful readers to determine how the form functions within a sentence. This quiz continues the study of New Testament Greek morphology by presenting a varied selection of verbs, participles, infinitives, passive forms, and nominal inflections drawn from the vocabulary list. Students will distinguish present, aorist, future, and perfect systems while paying close attention to active, middle, and passive voices, imperative and indicative moods, and the endings that identify person, number, case, and gender. Particular emphasis is placed on recognising future passive formations, perfect participles, contract verb patterns, second-aorist stems, and the morphology of infinitives and participles. Careful analysis of these recurring grammatical patterns develops faster recognition of Greek forms, reduces dependence on translation, and builds the confidence needed to read the Greek New Testament with increasing fluency and precision.<\/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-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parsing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","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=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":812,"href":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions\/812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtestamentgreek.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}