# BBG Chapter 29 — Adjectival Participle Parsing

Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar, Mounce, 4th Edition

Instructions: Parse the underlined participle (tense / voice / case / number / gender / lexical form), identify the use (attributive or substantival), and if attributive note the position (1st or 2nd). Then translate.

## Part A — Attributive, 1st Position (1–5)

# | Greek Text | Tense | Voice | Case | Num | Gen | Lexical | Use | Position | Translation |
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1 | ὁ πιστεύων ἄνθρωπος σῴζεται. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · Nom · Sg · Masc · πιστεύω · Attributive · 1st pos. · "The believing man is being saved." |
2 | ἀγαπῶμεν τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας ἡμᾶς ἀδελφούς. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · Acc · Pl · Masc · ἀγαπάω · Attributive · 1st pos. · "Let us love the brothers who love us." |
3 | εἶδεν τὴν κλαίουσαν γυναῖκα. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · Acc · Sg · Fem · κλαίω · Attributive · 1st pos. · "He saw the weeping woman." |
4 | ἐν τῷ ἐρχομένῳ αἰῶνι. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Mid · Dat · Sg · Masc · ἔρχομαι · Attributive · 1st pos. · "In the coming age." |
5 | εἶπεν αὐτοῖς περὶ τοῦ πιστεύσαντος ὄχλου. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aor · Act · Gen · Sg · Masc · πιστεύω · Attributive · 1st pos. · "He spoke to them about the crowd that had believed." |

## Part B — Attributive, 2nd Position (6–8)

# | Greek Text | Tense | Voice | Case | Num | Gen | Lexical | Use | Position | Translation |
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6 | ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ λύων τοὺς δούλους ἐστίν. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · Nom · Sg · Masc · λύω · Attributive · 2nd pos. · "The man who is loosing the slaves." |
7 | τῷ παιδίῳ τῷ κεκλημένῳ Ἰησοῦς. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Perf · Pass · Dat · Sg · Neut · καλέω · Attributive · 2nd pos. · "To the child called Jesus." |
8 | ἐπίστευσαν τοῖς λόγοις τοῖς γεγραμμένοις. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Perf · Pass · Dat · Pl · Masc · γράφω · Attributive · 2nd pos. · "They believed the words that were written." |

## Part C — Substantival, Nominative (9–12)

# | Greek Text | Tense | Voice | Case | Num | Gen | Lexical | Use | Translation |
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9 | ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν οὐ κρίνεται. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · Nom · Sg · Masc · πιστεύω · Substantival · "The one who believes in him is not judged." (John 3:18) |
10 | μακάριοι καὶ οἱ κλαίοντες. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · Nom · Pl · Masc · κλαίω · Substantival · "Blessed also are those who weep." |
11 | ὁ νικῶν κληρονομήσει ταῦτα. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · Nom · Sg · Masc · νικάω · Substantival · "The one who conquers will inherit these things." (Rev 21:7) |
12 | οἱ ἀγαπῶντες τὸν θεὸν πάντα συνεργεῖ εἰς ἀγαθόν. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · Nom · Pl · Masc · ἀγαπάω · Substantival · "For those who love God all things work together for good." (cf. Rom 8:28) |

## Part D — Substantival, Non-Nominative (13–15)

# | Greek Text | Tense | Voice | Case | Num | Gen | Lexical | Use | Translation |
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13 | λέγει τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς αὐτόν. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Act · Dat · Pl · Masc · πιστεύω · Substantival · "He says to those who believe in him." |
14 | εἶδεν τὸν ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτόν. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Mid · Acc · Sg · Masc · ἔρχομαι · Substantival · "He saw the one coming to him." |
15 | ἀποστέλλω τοῦτον τοῖς σῳζομένοις. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Pres · Mid/Pass · Dat · Pl · Masc · σῴζω · Substantival · "I send this one to those who are being saved." |