Discovery Box| (0.35) | (Act 21:19) | 2 tn Or “to report,” “to describe.” The imperfect verb ἐξηγεῖτο (exēgeito) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect. |
| (0.35) | (Act 15:24) | 2 tn BDAG 71 s.v. ἀνασκευάζω describes this verb with a figurative meaning: “to cause inward distress, upset, unsettle.” |
| (0.35) | (Luk 12:42) | 3 tn This term, θεραπεία (therapeia), describes the group of servants working in a particular household (L&N 46.6). |
| (0.35) | (Luk 1:62) | 1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the consequential nature of the action described. |
| (0.35) | (Hos 5:13) | 1 tn Hosea employs three preterites (vayyiqtol forms) in verse 13a-b to describe a past-time situation. |
| (0.35) | (Eze 34:30) | 2 sn The blessings described in vv. 25-30 are those promised for obedience in Lev 26:4-13. |
| (0.35) | (Eze 20:37) | 1 tn This is the same Hebrew verb used to describe the passing of the children through the fire. |
| (0.35) | (Eze 3:17) | 1 tn The literal role of a watchman is described in 2 Sam 18:24 and 2 Kgs 9:17. |
| (0.35) | (Isa 1:6) | 4 sn This verse describes wounds like those one would receive in battle. These wounds are comprehensive and without remedy. |
| (0.35) | (Pro 31:18) | 3 tn The imperfect verb יִכְבֶּה (yikbeh) is used in its past habitual sense. The verbs describing the woman from verses 12-29 include 19 perfects and 9 preterites which describe actions with past time references. Thus the four imperfect verbs that describe her (vv. 14, 18, 21, 27) should be understood as modal and operating in a past time frame. Technically this verb does not describe her directly, though it refers to her lamp. |
| (0.35) | (Pro 15:3) | 1 sn The proverb uses anthropomorphic language to describe God’s exacting and evaluating knowledge of all people. |
| (0.35) | (Pro 1:16) | 4 tn The imperfect tense verbs may be classified as habitual or progressive imperfects describing their ongoing continual activity. |
| (0.35) | (Psa 144:3) | 3 tn Heb “take account of him.” The two imperfect verbal forms in v. 4 describe God’s characteristic activity. |
| (0.35) | (Psa 129:8) | 1 tn The perfect verbal form is used for rhetorical effect; it describes an anticipated development as if it were already reality. |
| (0.35) | (Psa 46:3) | 3 tn The three imperfect verbal forms in v. 3 draw attention to the characteristic nature of the activity described. |
| (0.35) | (Psa 22:13) | 1 tn “They” refers to the psalmist’s enemies, who in the previous verse are described as “powerful bulls.” |
| (0.35) | (Psa 15:1) | 1 sn Psalm 15. This psalm describes the character qualities that one must possess to be allowed access to the divine presence. |
| (0.35) | (Job 33:25) | 2 tn The word describes the period when the man is healthy and vigorous, ripe for what life brings his way. |
| (0.35) | (Job 29:25) | 1 tn All of these imperfects describe what Job used to do, and so they all fit the category of customary imperfect. |
| (0.35) | (Job 29:3) | 4 tn Here too the imperfect verb is customary—it describes action that was continuous, but in a past time. |
