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Elementary Greek Vocabulary
Elementary Greek Vocabulary
Card Number
Gromacki / Mounce Greek Word Freq/NT Gloss
Ch. 04 [ 26 words]
9999 1 73 Abraham
9999 6 61 Galilee
9999 8 59 David
259 10 1,725 I
352 11 52 last
9999 20 55 Pilate
9999 24 75 Simon
Pay attention to the punctuation in the gloss column; as in a lexicon, semicolons and commas are significant in
categorizing semantic ranges. In the Gromacki card # column, an entry of ‘9999’ indicates a word that does not have a card
in that set. This is usually (but not always) a proper name.
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Elementary Greek Vocabulary, p. 2
Card Number
Gromacki / Mounce Greek Word Freq/NT Gloss
Ch. 06 [ 13 words]
4 27 116 love
Ch. 07 [ 15 words]
53 40 173 sin
994 54 83 so that
Ch. 08 [ 20 words]
46 55 638 but, yet, except
620 68 93 house
677 71 194 (prep+gen) from; (prep+dat) beside, near, in the presence of; (prep+acc)
alongside of, by, near
678 72 50 parable
Ch. 09 [ 17 words]
1 75 102 good; kind, generous; useful, beneficial; (substantival) that which is good,
the good person/thing
5 76 61 beloved
32 77 71 eternal
309 83 67 commandment
905 91 56 third
Elementary Greek Vocabulary, p. 4
Card Number
Gromacki / Mounce Greek Word Freq/NT Gloss
Ch. 10 [ 15 words]
10 92 233 holy (adj), saints (plural used as noun)
809 101 147 flesh, (maybe?) body; sinful nature (“ethical” use)
Ch. 11 [ 21 words]
17 107 343 brother (as term of Christian relationship may refer to men and/or women)
326 113 890 (prep+gen) on, over, when; (prep+dat) on the basis of, at; (prep+acc) on, to,
against
388 114 864 we
397 115 62 will, what is willed or desired (not a legal “last will & testament”!), desire
Ch. 12 [ 15 words]
31 128 122 age, eternity
556 133 179 on the one hand, indeed (often: μέν ... δέ)
922 142 150 (prep+gen) in behalf of, for, in place of; (prep+acc) above, more than
Ch. 13 [ 13 words]
188 143 215 woman, wife
441.1 149 84 and I, but I; I also; I in particular; if I (“crasis” form, = καί + ἐγώ); κἀμοί (dat)
and κἀμέ (acc) also occur a few times
540 150 50 blessed, happy
811 155 77 sign (this word often refers to a miracle, but it should not be translated as
such; cf. δύναμις and τέρας)
Elementary Greek Vocabulary, p. 6
Card Number
Gromacki / Mounce Greek Word Freq/NT Gloss
Ch. 14 [ 18 words]
41 156 109 truth
452 163 473 (prep+acc) according to, throughout, during; (prep+gen) down, against
801 170 68 word, saying (often oral instead of written; ctr. λόγος)
Ch. 16 [ 11 words]
36 174 428 I hear (unmarked mng.); learn, obey, understand (metaphorical mngs. in
appropriate contexts)
156 175 133 I see, look at
538 177 42 I loose, set free, untie; I destroy, bring to an end, abolish
Ch. 17 [ 11 words]
3 185 143 I love
Ch. 18 [ 10 words]
100 196 231 I answer
990 205 504 1. as, like, when, that, how; about, approximately (with numerals)
Ch. 19 [ 10 words]
148 206 115 king
169 207 97 I beget, bear (not in the sense ‘carry’), give birth to, produce
9999 210 195 Jewish (adj.); Jew (noun, predominate use in the NT)
Ch. 20 [ 16 words]
25 216 101 I take up, take away
519 226 142 people (not “crowd,” though it can refer to such in some contexts; save the
English “crowd” for ὄχλος)
557 227 118 I abide, remain, live
Ch. 21 [ 9 words]
35 232 90 I follow, accompany
Ch. 22 [ 14 words]
96 241 111 I die
Ch. 23 [ 8 words]
349.1 255 117 I go away, depart
247 260 119 power (this word often refers to a miracle, but it should not be translated as
such; cf. σημεῖον and τέρας)
479 261 61 I preach, proclaim
Ch. 24 [ 8 words]
16 263 67 I lead, bring
23 264 97 blood
Ch. 25 [ 3 words]
28 271 70 I ask, request, demand
Ch. 27 [ 14 words]
60 274 82 I go up, come up
Ch. 28 [ 8 words]
128 288 59 I greet, salute
940.1 290 43 he/she/it was saying (or: ... said; 3S[I or 2A]AI > φημί)
Ch. 29 [ 5 words]
206 296 56 I receive, welcome, take
240 297 62 (trans.) I think, suppose; (intrans.) I seem, have the appearance
Ch. 30 [ 2 words]
568 301 56 neither, nor, not even, but not
Ch. 31 [ 2 words]
528 303 59 stone
Ch. 32 [ 2 words]
231 305 79 righteous, just
Ch. 33 [ 3 words]
102 307 90 (act.) I ruin, destroy, kill; (mid.) I die, perish; I lose out on, lose
Ch. 34 [ 7 words]
230 310 415 I give
533 312 55 remaining (adj); the rest (noun); for the rest, henceforth (adv)
Ch. 35 [ 9 words]
81 317 108 I rise/arise, cause to arise, stand up, get up
82 318 77 I open