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1. The Optative Mood: Having made our way through theIndicative, Subjunctive andImperative Mond having developed a visual aid to help us understand our path for learning the Greek VerbalMoods (see Notes

t us now learn the Optative Mood. I should point out here by the way, that now, we are halfway through learning t

ntire Greek Verbal System!!! Very soon, we will be completely through it!

2. Opt-ing In: In Koine (Hellenistic) Greek, the Optative was fading out. Thus, in New Testament Gree

Mounce notes, the Optative only appears 68 times! Here are some of the most common uses, which, when totaled,ppear 44 times of the 68 (ei;h , ge,noito , mh. ge,noito ). So, if you opt-in to learn the Optative, theres not a lot of worft for you to do. To make things even easier, one way to recognize an Optative is to not the presence ofoi,ei, ora

fter the lexcial morpheme. Finally, it should be stated that the Optative is a verb form that expresses a wish or desir

his wish or desire can be negative or positive. There are 4 uses of the Optative, heres a table followed by the Opta

Mood M.A.P.:

Aorist

mhn meqa

so sqe

to nto

Perfect

n men

j te

- en

Present

mhn meqa

so sqe

to nto

Aorist

mi men

j te

- en

Perfect

mi men

j te

- en

Present

mi men

j te

- en

Aorist

n men

j te

- en

Perfect

n men

j te

- en

Present

mhn meqa

so sqe

to nto

*Note that all of theActiveparadigms are the same! Note that the right half of theMiddle & Passive are the same, with the

Aorist Middlejoining them. 3 of the 4 on the left half are the same, again, with the exception of theAorist Middle.

Optative Mood M.A.P. 2010, T. Michael W. Halcomb

2nd Aor. replaces

2nd Sg.e w/qi or j

Command When the Imperative acts as a direct demand upon the will of someone/something else. Cf. Interjection.

Prohibition When the Imperative acts prevenatively, that is, to prevent a recurring or future action. Often used with mh,

Entreaty The opposite of the Command as it expresses a request. Key translation word is please.

Interjection Emphatic, emotional exclamation. Grk. words: o`ra,w , i;de , ivdou, , ouvai, / Eng. See! Look! Woe! Behold! etc.

Future

mhn meqa

so sqe

to nto

Future

mi men

j te

- en

Future

mhn meqa

so sqe

to nto

2nd Aor. is same