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1 | Fatherof4, What is the Greek word? | John 5:19 | Searcher56 | 127983 | ||
Word study ... agros, aion, chorion, ge, katago, katerchomai, kosmos, oikoumene, xeros ... Fatherof4, Which of these Greek words (for earth, world and land) are used? While some are translated differently, do you know the reason? Most important is the Greek word ever translated land? |
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2 | Fatherof4, What is the Greek word? | John 5:19 | DBR | 128004 | ||
LAND AND EARTH In the Greek Scriptures, ge denotes earth as arable land or soil. (Mt 13:5, 8) It is used to designate the material from which Adam was made, the earth (1Co 15:47); the earthly globe (Mt 5:18, 35; 6:19); earth as a habitation for human creatures and animals (Lu 21:35; Ac 1:8; 8:33; 10:12; 11:6; 17:26); land, country, territory (Lu 4:25; Joh 3:22); ground (Mt 10:29; Mr 4:26); land, shore, as contrasted with seas or waters. (Joh 21:8, 9, 11; Mr 4:1). World This is the usual English term for translating the Greek kosmos in all of its occurrences in the Christian Greek Scriptures except 1 Peter 3:3, where it is rendered “adornment.” “World” can mean (1) humankind as a whole, apart from their moral condition or course of life, (2) the framework of human circumstances into which a person is born and in which he lives (and in this sense it is at times quite similar to the Greek aion, “system of things”), or (3) the mass of mankind apart from Jehovah’s approved servants. The King James Version used “world” to render not only kosmos but also three other Greek words in some of its renderings of them (ge; aion; oikoumene) and five different Hebrew words (erets; chedhel; cheledh; ohlam; tevel). This produced a blurring or confused blending of meanings that made it difficult to obtain correct understanding of the scriptures involved. Later translations have served to clear up considerably this confusion. DBR |
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3 | Fatherof4, What is the Greek word? | John 5:19 | Searcher56 | 128005 | ||
DBR, You didn't answer the question. Searcher | ||||||
4 | Fatherof4, What is the Greek word? | John 5:19 | DBR | 128013 | ||
Would you like to be very specific then please? This may then help? World “Kosmos” and Its Various Senses. The basic meaning of the Greek kosmos is “order” or “arrangement.” And to the extent that the concept of beauty is bound up with order and symmetry, kosmos also conveys that thought and therefore was often used by the Greeks to mean “adornment,” especially as regards women. It is used in that way at 1 Peter 3:3. Hence also the English word “cosmetic.” The related verb kosmeo has the sense of ‘putting in order’ at Matthew 25:7 and that of ‘adorning’ elsewhere. (Mt 12:44; 23:29; Lu 11:25; 21:5; 1Ti 2:9; Tit 2:10; 1Pe 3:5; Re 21:2, 19) The adjective ko´smi·os, at 1 Timothy 2:9 and 3:2, describes that which is “well-arranged” or “orderly.” Evidently because the universe manifests order, Greek philosophers at times applied kosmos to the entire visible creation. However, there was no real unanimity of thought among them, some restricting it to the celestial bodies only, others using it for the whole universe. The use of kosmos to describe the material creation as a whole appears in some Apocryphal writings (compare Wisdom 9:9; 11:17), these being written during the period when Greek philosophy was making inroads in many Jewish areas. But in the inspired writings of the Christian Greek Scriptures this sense is virtually, perhaps entirely, absent. Some texts may appear to use the term in that sense, such as the account of the apostle’s address to the Athenians at the Areopagus. Paul there said: “The God that made the world [form of kosmos] and all the things in it, being, as this One is, Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade temples.” (Ac 17:22-24) Since the use of kosmos as meaning the universe was current among the Greeks, Paul might have employed the term in that sense. Even here, however, it is entirely possible that he used it in one of the ways discussed in the rest of this article. Linked With Mankind. Richard C. Trench’s Synonyms of the New Testament (London, 1961, pp. 201, 202), after presenting the philosophic use of kosmos for the universe, says: “From this signification of kosmos as the material universe, . . . followed that of kosmos as that external framework of things in which man lives and moves, which exists for him and of which he constitutes the moral centre (John xvi. 21; I Cor. xiv. 10; I John iii. 17); . . . and then the men themselves, the sum total of persons living in the world (John i. 29; iv. 42; II Cor. v. 19); and then upon this, and ethically, all not of the ekklesia; the church or congregation], alienated from the life of God and by wicked works enemies to Him (I Cor. i. 20, 21; II Cor. vii. 10; Jam. iv. 4).” Similarly, the book Studies in the Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament, by K. S. Wuest (1946, p. 57), quotes Greek scholar Cremer as saying: “As kosmos is regarded as that order of things whose center is man, attention is directed chiefly to him, and kosmos denotes mankind within that order of things, humanity as it manifests itself in and through such an order (Mt. 18:7).” DBR |
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5 | Fatherof4, What is the Greek word? | John 5:19 | Searcher56 | 128018 | ||
DBR, Go back and read the thread, including post 127906. Tim and I challanged Fatherof4. You responded to my challange. When you answer/ interject, you need to know the rest of the story. Do you even know the specific verse that the challange is about? |
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6 | How do I........ | John 5:19 | DBR | 128031 | ||
Sorry I thought that was the question. New here, how do I get to your post No. 127906? DBR |
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7 | How do I........ | John 5:19 | Morant61 | 128041 | ||
Greetings DBR! To go to a specific post number, simply scroll to the upper right hand side of the screen. You will see a box marked: Quick Search Word(s) or ID# Simply type in the post number and hit 'search'. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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