Noun (predicate adjective)

Summary

In Koiné Greek, a predicate adjective is an adjective that functions as a noun in a sentence and appears in the predicate position.

Article

Predicative adjectives are adjectives that describe nouns using a linking verb. Often the linking verb is not present in the Hebrew text and must be supplied when translating into English. Like attributive adjectives, a predicative adjective usually has the same form as the noun it describes in both gender and number. Unlike attributive adjectives, however, a predicative adjective can be indefinite even if it describes a definite noun.

Examples

Matthew 7:13 ὅτι πλατεῖα [j]ἡ πύλη καὶ εὐρύχωρος ἡ ὁδὸς

Matthew 5:3, “Blessed are the poor in spirit”

Μακάριοι

οἱ

πτωχοὶ

τῷ

πνεύματι

makarioi

hoi

ptōchoi

pneumati

Blessed

are

the

poor

the

in spirit

John 3:33, “God is true

θεὸς

ἀληθής

ἐστιν

ho

Theos

alēthēs

estin

the

God

true

he is

James 1:12, “Blessed is the man who endures testing.”

Μακάριος

ἀνὴρ

ὃς

ὑπομένει

πειρασμόν

makarios

anēr

hos

hypomenei

peirasmon

Blessed

is the

man

who

he endures

a trial