Prepositions eivmi Preposition A word that indicates relationship

Prepositions & eivmi

Preposition: A word that indicates relationship between to words • • Those who dwell on the earth The ball went over his head John came with his disciples John came before Jesus

Prepositions • The meaning of a preposition depends upon the case of its object • Prepositions are not inflected – they always look the same way

Singular Plural eivmi evsme, n 1 st Person eiv evste, 2 nd Person evsti, (n) eivsi, n rd 3 Person

evste,

evsti,

eiv

eivsi, n

evsme, n

eivmi

Qeon evsti, o` kurioj

kai. ga. r evgw. a; nqrwpo, j eivmi u`po. evxousi, an (Luke 7: 8)

Ei=pen auvtoi/j o` VIhsou/j( (He said) VAmh. n avmh. n le, gw u`mi/n( pri. n (I say) VAbraa. m gene, sqai( evgw. eivmiÅ (Before) (Became) (John 8: 58)

ou-toi, eivsin ui`oi. qeou/ (Romans 8: 14 – Textus Receptus) ou-toi ui`oi. qeou/ eivsin (Romans 8: 14 – Older Manuscripts)

Pa, ntej ga. r ui`oi. qeou/ evste dia. All (Nominative) th/j pi, stewj evn Cristw/| VIhsou/ 3: 26) (Galatians

u`mei/j evste oi` ui`oi. tw/n You all (Nom Plural) profhtw/n (Acts 3: 25)

Naqanah, l kai. le, gei auvtw/|( He said ~Rabbi, ( su. ei= o` ui`o. j tou/ qeou/( su. ei= o` basileu. j tou/ VIsrah, lÅ “King” (John 1: 49)

su. ei= o` cristo. j o` ui`o. j tou/ qeou/ tou/ zw/ntojÅ (Matthew 16: 16) “living”

o` path, r mou evsti, n evn toi/j ouvranoi/j

New Vocabulary

avlla, But, yet, except

avpo, From

dia, Genative: Through Accusative: On account of

eivmi, I am

evk or evx Out of

h`me, ra Day

hvn He/she/it was

qalassa Sea

qanatoj Death

i[na In order that

`Iwa, nnhj John

le, gw I say

meta, Genitive: With Accusative: After

oivki, a House

oi=koj House

o; cloj Multitude

para, Gen: From Dat: Beside, in the presence of Accus: Alongside of

parabolh, Parable

Pro, j Toward, with

u`po, Gen: by Accus: Under

h=n He was