In this blog, we will learn how to us the second BHC Bible Study Tool – the BHC Greek Transliterator -- click here to download / print. Print the BHC Greek Translator so you can use it for this exercise.
Your BHC Greek Transliterator is divided into
two sections of columns:
Section
1 – Columns A, B, C & D
Section
2 – Columns E, F, G & H
Now let’s learn about the Columns:
1. Columns
A & H contain the lower case Greek letters.
2. Columns B & G contain the English letters that are the equivalent of the Greek letters.
2. Columns B & G contain the English letters that are the equivalent of the Greek letters.
3. Columns
C & F contain the upper case Greek letters.
4. Columns
D & E contain the names of the Greek letters.
Information about the first letter of the
Greek alphabet is found in Columns A-D on Row 1.
1. The
first letter is found in Column A on Row 1. It is the lower case letter.
2. The
second letter is found in Column C on Row 1. It is the upper case letter.
3. The
English equivalent of the Greek letter is found in Column B on Row 1 – “A.”
4. The
name of this Greek letter is found in Column D on Row 1 – “Alpha.”
Now let’s transliterate a Greek word into
English.
Greek, like English, is read from left to right → → → .
Use your BHC Greek-English Transliterator as
you look at the example below.
Follow the sequence below. The number of the
letter or symbol is indicated by “#.”
(1) #1 3C
#1 =
the first letter or symbol
3C =
the Row & Column of the letter – upper case Beta
Column
B indicates that the English transliteration of Beta is “B.”
(2) #2 11A
#2 =
the second letter or symbol
11A =
the Row & Column of the letter – lower case Iota
Column
B indicates that the English transliteration of Iota is “i.”
(3) #3 13H
#3 =
the third letter or symbol
11H =
the Row & Column of the letter or symbol – smooth breathing mark
Column G
indicates that there is no English transliteration.
(4) #4 3A
#4 =
the fourth letter or symbol
3A =
the Row & Column of the letter or symbol – lower case Beta
Column B
indicates that the English transliteration is “b.”
(5) #5 13A
#5 =
the fifth letter or symbol
13A =
the Row & Column of the letter or symbol – lower case Lambda
Column B
indicates that the English transliteration is “l.”
(6) #6 17A
#6 =
the sixth letter or symbol
13A =
the Row & Column of the letter or symbol – lower case Omicron
Column B
indicates that the English transliteration is “o.”
(7) #7 3H
#7 =
the seventh letter or symbol
3H =
the Row & Column of the letter or symbol – lower case Sigma
Column G
indicates that the English transliteration is “s.”
Let’s put all of the letters together and
create the English transliteration of the Greek word –
B+i+b+l+o+s = Biblos
Translators drop the Greek case ending “-os”
and replace it with an “e” to create the very familiar word “Bible.” Our word
Bible is a transliteration – not the
translation – of a Greek word.
OK, now it’s your turn to transliterate the
word below:
Check your answer by clicking here.
If you would
like to practice your transliterating skills click here
to go to Matthew 1 in the Greek Bible. It is a genealogy, and since names are
usually transliterations, they are easy to check.
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