11 2 How to translate the middle voice in the Greek NT for beginners Ver2 2024

MIDDLE VOICE: In this video you will see how to translate the middle voice in the Greek New Testament for beginners. While the English active and passive voices are used in ways very similar to the active and passive voice in Greek, English does not have a middle voice, which can sometimes cause beginners challenges as they try to understand what the middle voice in Greek is. Rob McIver explains the middle voice by considering examples of frequently occurring verbs that are found mainly in the middle voice, and identifies different categories into which these verbs may be classified. Doing this allows beginners to lay the foundation of their understanding of the Greek middle vice. The video concludes by explaining that verbs found in the middle voice in the Greek New Testament are usually translated with the English active voice.

This video follows Chapter 11 of the book by Robert K. McIver, “Beginning New Testament Greek Made Easier”. Make sure you find the latest edition, which is the 8th edition, and available in paperback and as a Kindle eBook (search 0648640809 for paperback or B0CRBZ22M5 for eBook on amazon.com, amazon.com.au, etc.).

Other videos on the Greek of the New Testament by Rob McIver may be found on the YouTube channel, @NTGreekMadeEasier. These videos include:
14 1 Tense in New Testament Greek for beginners
14 2 Strong Aorist Verbs in Greek New Testament Made Easier
15 1 Weak Aorist Tense in Greek New Testament Made Easier
21 1 Moods of the Greek Verb in the New Testament Made Easier for Beginners
21 2 The Infinitive Mood in the Greek New Testament Made Easier for Beginners
22 Subjunctive Mood of Verbs in the Greek New Testament Made Easier for Beginners
26 1 Participles in the Greek New Testament Made Easier for Beginners

Note: The categories used to introduce the middle voice in the Greek New Testament in this video intended beginners are those explained further in the book by Robert K. McIver, “Intermediate New Testament Greek Made Easier”, 3rd ed., Chapter 4. In their turn, the categories used in “Intermediate Greek Made Easier” were adapted from Neva Miller’s analysis of deponent verbs found in Timothy Friberg, Barbara Friberg and Neva Miller, “Analytical lexicon of the Greek New Testament” (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2005), Appendix 2.

Outline
00:00 Introduction
00:18 English does not have a middle voice
00:43 Active and passive in English
01:40 Active and passive in Greek and English
02:10 Middle voice in Greek
04:18 Middle and passive same forms for present imperfect and perfect tenses
05:05 Middle voice continued
07:05 Subject participates in action
07:38 Translating the middle voice
07:57 Some passive verbs translated by English active voice
08:58 -ομαι verbs
09:48 Other videos