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, predicative adjectives usually have the same forms (in both number and gender) as the nouns they describe. 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	tō	pneumati
Blessed	are	the	poor	the	in spirit

John 3:33, “God is true”

ὁ	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