Tag - syntax

Read the first four posts in this series: Intro | 1 | 2 | 3. Php 4.10 offers an example of the Joy Expression. Joy Expression in Php 4.10 Description of Form As with the Request/Petition form, Mullins has questioned if such a thing as the “Joy...

Read the first three posts in this series: 1 | 2 | 3. 1Co 1.10 offers an example of the Request/Petition form. Request/Petition Form in 1Co 1.10 Description of Form There is much debate between White and Mullins on this form. Smith, as the latest...

Read the first two posts in this series: 1 | 2. Romans 16 has several examples of this form. Verse 3 offers a good sample: Greeting Form in Ro 16.3 Description of Form Mullins describes the components of the greeting form as follows: The elements of...

Read the first post in this series… An example of the disclosure form is found in 1Th 4.13: 1Th 4.13, Disclosure Form Description of Form Smith provides a concise summary of the structure of the disclosure form as identified by Mullins:...

I’m in a small group home Bible study, and we’re studying Colossians. My Father-in-Law leads the study, but he and Mom were on a short vacation last week so that means I got to sit in the hotseat. Our text was Col 2.1-7. So Col 2.2 was...

Awhile back, I blogged on Sleepy Disciples. That blog post looked at the predicator (verb) προσεύχομαι and the different adjuncts that modified each of its occurrences in Matthew 26. Looking at that passage again, I noticed the following embedded...

Once again, in the home group study, I ran across a phrase that caused me to ask a question. This time I’m in First Thessalonians 5.2 and the phrase is “day of the Lord”. Earlier, I’d searched for “What other things...

Awhile back, I blogged on how syntax graphs aren’t just helpful when it comes to searching. They can be very helpful when reading through the text as well. And they can help one organize thoughts and approach when teaching or preaching on a...

As folks who have followed these syntax search examples know, I’ve been in a home group Bible study that is going over First Thessalonians. This has served as the background for many of these syntax search examples. In the process of doing...

In previous blog posts, I’ve focused on how the syntax databases we offer are used when searching, when asking questions of the text. But this is not the only use. I don’t even know if it will end up being the primary use. I was reminded...

On the Logos Newsgroups, a user asked a question about syntax searching: I’d like to search for every instance of the construction in Heb 1:2 — ἐν υἱῷ – i.e. ἐν followed by noun without article … Also (I think) in 1 Thess 1:5...

I was reading in 1Th 3.5 the other day and came across the phrase “for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you” (ESV). Here it is in the ESV NT Reverse Interlinear: You can see the phrase highlighted using some of our new Visual...

I’ve blogged a bit about the Lexham Syntactic Greek New Testament before. Sure, it’s syntax, and that’s important. But how can it be used? One way is very simple: Use hover popups to show the syntactic force of any word as you read...

When working through a passage, it can be important to work through pronoun usage. Sometimes pronouns have direct referents, sometimes the referents are implied. A familiar example is found in the first three verses of First John: 1 That whicha was...

I was talking with Daniel Foster yesterday afternoon. We were talking about syntax search examples and how they’re different than other sorts of morphological searches. One type of search that we used to rely on the Graphical Query Editor to...