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Date: 01 May 2007 10:53:45
Yay asked:
In Philippians 1:10 where it's talking about "approve what is excellent" (that's ESV), the Greek word used is diapheronta. Now I'm a bit confused about what sort of word this is. In my pocket Greek dictionary it has diapherontos (omega, not omicron, adverb) listed. What sort of a word is diapheronta?
I have only done nouns, adjectives and various little words (prepositions etc)... and the beginning of verbs. Is diapheronta an adverb?
Now, off the top of my head, I have no idea. However, I have a magic book of greek cheatingness called The New Linguistic and Exegetical key to the Greek New Testament by Rogers and Rogers. They tell me that diapheronta is a present active participle of the verb diaphero - to differ. "Here it refers to what is worthwhile, excellent, vital."
None the wiser? Well, try going here and hovering over the words. This will tell you all (and probably more than) you needed or wanted to know about NT greek words.
Glad to be of service, and that avoids the need to think of something to blog about today.