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Insights Into Bible Action Words

Dr. Jim Girdwood

All languages have different ways of describing action. Greek action words (verbs) present actions different from those we are familiar with in English. For example: English discusses actions as past, present, or future, with some variety in each idea. Greek also discusses actions as past, present, or future, and also has some variety in each idea. The time and kind of action are called the “tense.”

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