1) Constative aorist- K.L. McKay (A New Syntax of the Verb in New Testament Greek, page 46) points out that the constative aorist expresses the totality of an activity. See Acts 28:30; Revelation 20:4. 2 Corinthians 8:9 is possibly an example, but more than likely the aorist there is inceptive ("he became poor"). See McKay, ibid.
2) Ingressive (inceptive, inchoative) aorist- The aorist participle λαβών, if translated
woodenly, would be rendered "having taken" (active) or "having received" (passive) the form of a servant: it would thus have reference to an action that is antecedent to the main verb. Yet there are times when the aorist participle also possesses ingressive force and makes an action's beginning salient to the hearer/reader.
3) Consummative (ecbatic) aorist-: This use of the aorist stresses an action's termination (its end). An example is Revelation 19:7: χαίρωμεν καὶ ἀγαλλιῶμεν, καὶ δώσομεν τὴν δόξαν αὐτῷ, ὅτι ἦλθεν ὁ γάμος τοῦ ἀρνίου, καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ ἡτοίμασεν ἑαυτήν
Certain scholars think ἦλθεν is a consummative aorist (i.e., "has come") whereas others indicate ἦλθεν could be proleptic (futuristic). See https://books.google.com/books?id=p02PCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA188&lpg=PA188&dq=consummative+aorist&source=bl&ots=gq3yKxRFh4&sig=nvmj5rQRS5Q8BJFpWApdTPtj0Vk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiKsJ7Y893cAhVO5awKHXMdBnMQ6AEwD3oECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=consummative%20aorist&f=false
4) Gnomic aorist-: Gnomic aorists express timeless generic truths like "Grass dries up, and flowers fall to the ground" (1 Peter 1:24 CEV). Compare James 1:11.
One contrived example I've used to illustrate the gnomic aorist is "The winds blow and the blades [of grass] dance."
"The Greek gnomic aorist is a perfective past tense that is used to represent a generic fact, habitual truth, or habitual action."
See http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopedia-of-ancient-greek-language-and-linguistics/gnomic-aorist-SIM_00000465
5) Epistolary aorist- This use of the aorist occurs when authors write letters from the vantage-point of their audience (from the standpoint of those receiving the letter). An example is 1 John 5:13.
Cambridge Bible: "As in 1 John 2:21; 1 John 2:26, 'I have written' is literally, 'I wrote': it is the epistolary aorist, which may be represented in English either by the present or the perfect."
6) Proleptic (Futuristic) aorist- The aorist sometimes delineates a future event and in this way stresses an act's definitiveness (Jude 14). Revelation 10:7 is a possible example; compare Revelation 15:1.
7) Immediate Past (Dramatic) aorist- "The aorist tense can be used of an event that happened rather recently." See Matthew 26:65.
Other Sources: http://www.bcbsr.com/greek/gtense.html
Richard Young
BDF
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