A standard Greek reference tool allowing students to learn vocabulary quickly by listing words according to their frequency of use in the New Testament.
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Text: English, Greek
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Bruce M. Metzger is the George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary. A past president of the Society of Biblical Literature and the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, he has made valuable contributions to the areas of textual criticism, philology, paleography, and translation.
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As one of the world's best-known scholars on the text of the New Testament, Bruce M. Metzger has taught for many years at Princeton Theological Seminary.
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57 of 58 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent book for learning Greek vocabulary and word formation, and has been used in seminaries for over 50 years. During that time, people have been thinking of ways they would add to it or improve it. Although Metzger's book still holds up quite well, I think that some of these newer books have surpassed it. For instance, I like Robinson's Mastering Greek Vocabulary better, and it contains much of the same material.
40 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you're a serious (or even semi-serious) student of NT Greek, you'll want this book. A short list of vocabulary words, sorted and indexed several ways, gives you the information you need to start learning the most commonly used words immediately.
Not designed to be read cover-to-cover, it's just a list of Greek words, their meanings and, often, related English words that derived from the Greek term. Using a computer program, the straight words could be generated easily enough, but the beauty is in the English definitions and related words. Designed to help make the connection between the English and the Greek clearer for the user, Metzger has provided students with an excellent, concise, and easy to use reference work that you'll return to over and over.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
This reference is an important resource for the first time Greek student. Organized in a fashion of word use frequency allows the student to locate the most commonly used words quickly. The appendices are extremely useful for understanding concepts such as the geometrical graph of prepositions.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This helpful book by Bruce Metzger has becomed somewhat outdated, but it is still a valuable resource for the beginning student of Koine Greek. The word frequency lists do help students to focus on learning the most commonly used words in the Greek New Testament and, thereby, to rapidly build a working vocabulary.
The most helpful aspect of the vocabulary lists is the mnemonic aids that Metzger provides for some of the words. When I began to memorize Greek vocabulary I used mnemonic devices for the many words that had no English cognate or other obvious relation to an English word or meaning. Many of these devices were silly, but they made the word stick out in my mind; Metzger states that this is a good technique and believes that it is often a case of 'the sillier, the better.' I only wish that he had provided more mnemonic aids as he leaves us empty-handed in regard to many words (especially some of the more difficult words). Still, the ones he does provide are a great help.
The second half of the book, as other reviewers have noted, has been surpassed by others in newer books. I also recommend Warren Trenchard's "Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testament" (Revised Edition) as the best and most comprehensive vocabulary resource for the beginning student - just don't allow certain portions of the book to become a crutch that keep you from memorizing the principal parts of verbs. Thomas A. Robinson's "Mastering Greek Vocabulary" is another good resource for building vocabulary through memorizing words by their cognate group; however, Trenchard's volume also provides this information (and more), so it's still the better resource.... Read more ›
The most helpful aspect of the vocabulary lists is the mnemonic aids that Metzger provides for some of the words. When I began to memorize Greek vocabulary I used mnemonic devices for the many words that had no English cognate or other obvious relation to an English word or meaning. Many of these devices were silly, but they made the word stick out in my mind; Metzger states that this is a good technique and believes that it is often a case of 'the sillier, the better.' I only wish that he had provided more mnemonic aids as he leaves us empty-handed in regard to many words (especially some of the more difficult words). Still, the ones he does provide are a great help.
The second half of the book, as other reviewers have noted, has been surpassed by others in newer books. I also recommend Warren Trenchard's "Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testament" (Revised Edition) as the best and most comprehensive vocabulary resource for the beginning student - just don't allow certain portions of the book to become a crutch that keep you from memorizing the principal parts of verbs. Thomas A. Robinson's "Mastering Greek Vocabulary" is another good resource for building vocabulary through memorizing words by their cognate group; however, Trenchard's volume also provides this information (and more), so it's still the better resource.... Read more ›
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book after reading Dr. P.C. Comminos review. This is a gem of a little book. Here's how it's set up: list words by their frequency (from 500 occurances all the way down to 10), words classified according to their root, ino-european family of languages (helps you see the big picture), prepositions in composition with verbs, principal parts of important verbs, feminine nouns of the second declension, and an index of greek words. Yes I got that from the table of contents.
Total length of this book is 100 pages. It is inexpensive and comprehensive for it's size. A superior product given that it is only 100 pages. You can get this book for under ten dollars. There are few purchases that qualify as "No brainers" in my humble opinion. This is one of those "NO BRAINERS." As a side note if your learning greek you should check out Dr. PC Commino's profile. I have found it very informative, and have never been steered wrong by him.
Total length of this book is 100 pages. It is inexpensive and comprehensive for it's size. A superior product given that it is only 100 pages. You can get this book for under ten dollars. There are few purchases that qualify as "No brainers" in my humble opinion. This is one of those "NO BRAINERS." As a side note if your learning greek you should check out Dr. PC Commino's profile. I have found it very informative, and have never been steered wrong by him.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Second-half indispensible for Adv. Beginer/ Intermediate Learner
January 29, 2009
By P. Searle
Format:Paperback
The vocabulary list ordered by frequency of occurrences in the New Testament, which is the first section of this book, while revolutionary at the time, has already been co-opted by Mounce (and others I'm sure), but the other sections on suffix functionality and the list of vocabulary by root/stem is indispensible for understanding rather than just memorizing Greek vocabulary as one moves into encountering the entire NT/ Koine Greek language. It was worth the money and very succinct.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By L. Steubing
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Depending upon the style in which the reader learns best, this book may be a great asset.
If you learn via "word association" or by using cognates of words, this will help you tremendously. In most cases, a cognate is listed in the definition, which will enable the reader to associate a modern word to the Greek equivalent. Additionally, words are ordered by root (in the last half of the book) further enabling the student to remember and associate words of like definition.
If you learn by any other method, unfortunately, this book will be nothing more than a long list of words. Although it will be of service to you, it will not be the tremendous service to you that it is to word association types.
In any case, a great resource, especially for the price.
If you learn via "word association" or by using cognates of words, this will help you tremendously. In most cases, a cognate is listed in the definition, which will enable the reader to associate a modern word to the Greek equivalent. Additionally, words are ordered by root (in the last half of the book) further enabling the student to remember and associate words of like definition.
If you learn by any other method, unfortunately, this book will be nothing more than a long list of words. Although it will be of service to you, it will not be the tremendous service to you that it is to word association types.
In any case, a great resource, especially for the price.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good Study Aide
Nice little study aide for those that are interested in studying the real text of the Bible and not just the English version.
Published 3 months ago by William Perry
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Resource!
Giving you the most popular words used in the Greek New Testament along with very helpful diagrams of pronouns and their root meanings, this book has been helpful to me in my third... Read more
Published 3 months ago by James McKee
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Alternative
Metzger is a must have for all Greek students, but as far as retention rate goes it still falls short. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Oxford
4.0 out of 5 stars
Longstanding resource
This book was required reading in my Greek class in college.
It is not intended to be a stand alone book on Greek, but rather as a resource for students. Read more
It is not intended to be a stand alone book on Greek, but rather as a resource for students. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Roberta Karchner
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very helpful, still useful
This was for years the standard for learning Greek Vocab. The frequency list contains all words occurring more than 10x. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Ryan & Nicole Richie
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great help to Greek vocab
This book was written to help New Testament Greek students learn vocabulary in an efficient way. He lists vocabulary words used more than 500 times first, and then down to 20 or... Read more
Published 21 months ago by kenclewett
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bruce Metzger
This is really great - not a wonder that it has been a classic for so many years and is still so highly recommended.
Published on March 15, 2010 by W. L. Hier
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Handy Quick Reference
Metzger's Lexical Aids has been in my library for many years. I use it as a quick reference on New Testament Greek if I don't want to pull out more exhausitve aids. Read more
Published on September 15, 2007 by B. Hill
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent aid
Packed with features and quite economical--the best buy for students studying elementary and intermediate Greek.
Published on January 5, 2007 by Historical Jesus nut
4.0 out of 5 stars
Quick Lookup
It is what it is, a reference for quick lookup if you want to check to make sure of a word. Still need a dictionary for any detail.
Published on January 4, 2007 by karebear
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