From: shawn (dahunter@ns1.inland.net)
Date: Wed Jul 28 1999 - 17:43:05 EDT
Hi,
I'm new to all this so bear with me if this question is too easy.
However, this is my first posting to b-greek so I'm fairly excited!
First of all it isn't hindering my translation skills but I'm curious
because I was reading in some sources about the verb EIMI (D.A. Black's,
Learn to read New Testament Greek pp.20, and Parsons Greek Tutor).
First Parsons' referred to it as a stative verb, which www.m-w.com defines
as "expressing a state, condition, or relation".
Black's text referred to it as a copulative verb, which he further defines
as "...(from Lat. copulo, `I link together') because it links subject and
predicate..."
So which is more accurate? Are they basically saying the same thing or is
there a slight difference between how they look at the verb?
-Shawn O'Connor
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