Greek New Testament for Kindle

SLJ · March 9, 2018, 2:52am

I’m really enjoying this Greek New Testament. Each verse is shown in Greek (Byzantine text) and then English, and the Greek words are all clickable, linking to grammatical info and dictionary.

The Essential Greek New Testament for the Absolute Beginner

Sonia

anon12438761 · March 9, 2018, 2:52am

I’m a beginner, and that looks to be a helpful resource. Thanks for the link.

Paidion · March 9, 2018, 2:52am

Sonia, I downloaded the sample, but I do not see how this Greek New Testament with an English translation below each verse can help the beginner.

Yes, I know there is a lexicon, and “flash cards” to learn various levels of vocabulary, but I think the beginner must begin to learn Greek grammar in order to get anywhere in understanding the New Testament in Greek.

SLJ · March 9, 2018, 2:52am

Paidion,

I’m not sure how helpful an absolute beginner would find it, but I find it very helpful at my stage – having been dabbling in Greek for the last 8 years or so. If I’m working on my Greek, I cover the English text as I read, and look up words I don’t know. If I’m using it at Church or small group, I read the English and refer to the Greek for better understanding.

Sonia

JasonPratt · March 9, 2018, 2:53am

• Each word in the Greek text is hyperlinked to its grammatical information and then to its entry in the Greek lexicon.
• Parallel Greek-English text for each verse. English text may be consulted but should not be viewed as the exact translation of the Greek text.
• A list of each word form found in the Greek text identifying the grammatical codes for that form and hyperlinked to the explanation of the code and an entry in the Greek lexicon.
• An extensive Greek Lexicon organized by Strong’s numbers (which includes material from Strong’s Greek Dictionary, Thayer’s Lexicon and other lexicons). The Lexicon can be accessed in a number of ways.
• A listof over 1,000 most frequent Greek words in NT and flash cards for the Greek word study. Note that the list of Greek words can be used to navigate the Greek lexicon on devices that do not support the index function (e.g. Kindle Fire).

I doesn’t teach Greek grammar exactly, but the grammatic information is there for people to work with.

I’ve also bought the absolute beginning Greek grammar by Countryman, with an eye toward modifying its lessons for my seven year old niece, who wants to learn the Greek Bible (and could no doubt get along much faster at it than I do) but neither of us know where to start for her.