Koine Greek
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Koine is the Greek word for "common." Koine Greek was the form of the Greek language used from around 300 BC to AD 300. The books of the New Testament were originally written in Koine Greek.}}
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Koine is the Greek word for "common." Koine Greek was the form of the Greek language used from around 300 BC to AD 300. The books of the New Testament were originally written in Koine Greek.
For some time the Greek language of the New Testament confused many scholars. It was sufficiently different from Classical Greek that some hypothesized that it was a combination of Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic. Others attempted to explain it as a "Holy Ghost language," assuming that perhaps God created a special language just for the Bible. But studies of Greek papyri found in Egypt over the past 120 years have shown that the Greek of the New Testament manuscripts was the "common" (koine) language of the everyday people - the same as that used in the writing of wills and private letters.
Alphabet
Letter name | Lower Case | Upper Case | Transliteration | Pronunciation |
---|---|---|---|---|
alpha | α | Α | a | father |
beta | β | Β | b | beta |
gamma | γ | Γ | g | gamma |
delta | δ | Δ | d | delta |
epsilon | ε | Ε | e | epsilon |
zêta | ζ | Ζ | z | zêta |
êta | η | Η | ê or ē | obey |
thêta | θ | Θ | th | thêta |
iota | ι | Ι | i | |
kappa | κ | Κ | k | kappa |
lambda | λ | Λ | l or L | lambda |
mu | μ | Μ | m | mu |
nu | ν | Ν | n | nu |
xi | ξ | Ξ | ks | axiom |
omicron | ο | Ο | o | omicron |
pi | π | Π | p | pi |
rho | ρ | Ρ | r | rho |
sigma | σ / ς | Σ | s | sigma |
tau | τ | Τ | t | tau |
upsilon | υ | Υ | u sometimes y | oops |
phi | φ | Φ | ph | father |
chi | χ | Χ | ch | |
psi | ψ | Ψ | ps | |
omega | ω | Ω | ô or ō | obey |
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