What type of Greek was the NT written in? Is it todays greek language?

Answer 1

The Greek New Testament was written in koine :(common) Greek. It was not the high (classical) Greek. No, it is not today's spoken Greek but there are a lot of similarities.
The spoken language of the New Testament times was Aramaic.

Answer 2

The type of Greek used for the NT accounts is called Koine. (Pronounced kee-nee). The modern Greek language is similar to the Koine, but it is like Modern English when you compare it to Middle English.

A modern Greek speaker would be able to make him or herself understood by a Koine speaker, but the language has changed with time

Answer 3

The New Testament was written in Koine Greek. It is not the same as today's greek language. Think of it this way, if you read some ancient english writings, like beowulf, it is much different than today's english.

Answer 4

No, there is no similarities between contemporary Greek and Biblical Greek except vocabularly, but meanings of words are much different. The Greek used back then to write the Bible was Koine Greek meaning the language of the common person. For many years the Bible was thought to be written in classical Greek and there were some misunderstandings because of that which became clear when they discovered that it was written in "street language" That is one of the reasons the KJV has some discrepencies in it.

Answer 5

historic linguists have faith that the Thraco-Phrygian team of languages are the closest kinfolk of Greek in the Indo-eu language family members. maximum Thraco-Phrygian languages are extinct immediately: Illyrian, Thracian, Dacian, Bithynian, Mysian, Phrygian etc. All seem to have long previous extinct sometime between the 1st and 6th centuries A.D. Their only descendants immediately are Albanian and Armenian. So, those are probable the closest languages regarding Greek. as an occasion, Armenian nor "new" is a cognate with Greek nearos which skill "youthful." Albanian i ri (m.) e ri (f.) "new' Is a cognate with Greek neos (m.) and nea (f.) with rhotacism invovlved. Albanian njer guy; individual is heavily such as Greek andros "guy" and anêr "manly; brave," Albanian lule "flower" Greek lilion "lilly" etc.

Answer 6

It's called Koine Greek.

Answer 7

Original Greek is different than what we know today. Originally the scrolls were written without any breaks. No stops within the words, no paragraphs, Just continuous run on letters.

Answer 8

it's koine Greek, very ancient!

Just as Latin looks weird when compared to Italian, that's how koine Greek is to the modern version.

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Answer 9

The books of the New Testament were originally written in Hebrew and Aramaic, the native languages of Jesus and His Apostles

Answer 10

No. It was a dialect of ancient Greek called Koinoneia.