# BBG Chapter 32 — Infinitive Parsing

Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar, Mounce, 4th Edition

Parse the underlined infinitive (tense / voice / lexical form), identify the use, and translate.

## Part A — Complementary (1–5)

# | Greek Text | Tense | Voice | Lexical Form | Use | Translation |
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1 | θέλω λύειν τοὺς δούλους. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · λύω · Complementary · "I want to loose the slaves." |
2 | οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς λῦσαι τὸν ἱμάντα τοῦ ὑποδήματος αὐτοῦ. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aor · Act · λύω · Complementary · "I am not worthy to loose the strap of his sandal." (cf. Mark 1:7) |
3 | ἤρξατο διδάσκειν αὐτοὺς πολλά. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · διδάσκω · Complementary · "He began to teach them many things." |
4 | δύνασαι ποιεῖν τοῦτο; |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · ποιέω · Complementary · "Are you able to do this?" |
5 | μέλλει γὰρ Ἡρῴδης ζητεῖν τὸ παιδίον. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · ζητέω · Complementary · "For Herod is about to seek the child." (cf. Matt 2:13) |

## Part B — Articular Infinitives (6–8)

# | Greek Text | Tense | Voice | Lexical Form | Use | Translation |
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6 | τὸ ζῆν ἐμοὶ Χριστὸς καὶ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν κέρδος. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · ζάω · Articular (subject) · "For me to live is Christ and to die is gain." (Phil 1:21) |
7 | ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπεῖραι. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aor · Act · σπείρω · Articular — purpose (τοῦ) · "The sower went out to sow." (Matt 13:3) |
8 | ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐν τόπῳ τινί. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · εἰμί · Articular — temporal (ἐν τῷ) · "While he was in a certain place." (Luke 11:1) |

## Part C — Purpose (9–12)

# | Greek Text | Tense | Voice | Lexical Form | Use | Translation |
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9 | εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸ σπεῖραι τὸν λόγον. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aor · Act · σπείρω · Purpose (εἰς τό) · "He went in to sow the word." |
10 | πρὸς τὸ θεαθῆναι αὐτοῖς. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aor · Pass · θεάομαι · Purpose (πρός τό) · "So as to be seen by them." (Matt 6:1) |
11 | ἦλθεν εἰς τὸ βαπτισθῆναι ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aor · Pass · βαπτίζω · Purpose (εἰς τό) · "He came to be baptized by him." (cf. Matt 3:13) |
12 | τοῦ γνῶναι αὐτὸν καὶ τὴν δύναμιν τῆς ἀναστάσεως αὐτοῦ. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aor · Act · γινώσκω · Purpose (τοῦ) · "To know him and the power of his resurrection." (Phil 3:10) |

## Part D — Result (13–15)

# | Greek Text | Tense | Voice | Lexical Form | Use | Translation |
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13 | ὥστε τοὺς ὄχλους θαυμάζειν. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · θαυμάζω · Result (ὥστε) · "So that the crowds marveled." (Matt 15:31) |
14 | ὥστε μηκέτι αὐτὸν δύνασθαι εἰς πόλιν εἰσελθεῖν. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aor · Act · εἰσέρχομαι · Complementary within result clause (ὥστε) · "So that he was no longer able to enter a city." (cf. Mark 2:2) |
15 | ὥστε τὸ πλοῖον καλύπτεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν κυμάτων. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Pass · καλύπτω · Result (ὥστε) · "So that the boat was being covered by the waves." (Matt 8:24) |

## Part E — Indirect Discourse and Temporal (16–20)

# | Greek Text | Tense | Voice | Lexical Form | Use | Translation |
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16 | νομίζουσιν αὐτὸν εἶναι ἐν τῇ συνοδίᾳ. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · εἰμί · Indirect discourse · "They suppose him to be in the traveling company." (Luke 2:44) |
17 | λέγουσιν αὐτὸν ἐγηγέρθαι ἐκ νεκρῶν. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Perf · Pass · ἐγείρω · Indirect discourse · "They say that he has been raised from the dead." (cf. Matt 28:7) |
18 | πιστεύομεν τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἀποθανεῖν καὶ ἀναστῆναι. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aor · Act · ἀποθνῄσκω · Indirect discourse · "We believe that Jesus died and rose again." (1 Thess 4:14) |
19 | ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτόν, ἃ μὲν ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · σπείρω · Temporal (ἐν τῷ) · "While he was sowing, some fell along the path." (Matt 13:4) |
20 | ἐν τῷ κατεβαίνειν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν Ἰεριχώ, τυφλοί τινες ἐκάθηντο. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · καταβαίνω · Temporal (ἐν τῷ) · "As he was going down to Jericho, some blind men were sitting there." |