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Title: Greek help?
Post by: sarahfromcolorado on March 28, 2012, 04:24:15 AM

Can anyone here explain what the "aorist tense" is? For instance if a word was in the "aorist participle active" what does that mean?

I think I heard Ray say that when something is in the aorist it is in the past present and future tense.

Title: Re: Greek help?
Post by: arion on March 28, 2012, 09:28:18 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aorist_(Ancient_Greek)

Title: Re: Greek help?
Post by: sarahfromcolorado on March 28, 2012, 11:56:38 AM

Thank you Arion. :D I will have to read that a couple hundred times before I have any idea what on earth they're talking about though! :P

Title: Re: Greek help?
Post by: Samson on March 28, 2012, 01:25:44 PM

Quote from: sarahfromcolorado on March 28, 2012, 11:56:38 AM

Thank you Arion. :D I will have to read that a couple hundred times before I have any idea what on earth they're talking about though! :P

Ray uses an example of this in regards to the Hebrew Word Bara usually translated "Created," found in Genesis, Bara is more accurately translated "Creating," denoting a process referring to the Aorist Tense. God is "creating," Humanity(Mankind, Man) in His Image. Creating shows that it's a process and not a final product as the word Created(Past Tense) would.

Hope this helps Sarah, My oldest Daughter is named Sara, Samson.

Title: Re: Greek help?
Post by: sarahfromcolorado on March 29, 2012, 09:14:38 AM

Thanks Samson and John. Your comments helped a lot.

I just wanted a better understanding of it before I tried showing someone how salvation isn't necessarily a one time thing but more of a process. Some times in the KJV it shows salvation being in the past tense and already done but in the CLV it shows that it's ongoing.