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1 | Is the Holy Spirit ever feminine gender? | 2 Tim 2:15 | DocTrinsograce | 210292 | ||
Dear Tim, I was thinking about this regarding the difference between noun gender in German and in Spanish. In Spanish, the word for sun is masculine and the word for moon is feminine -- the opposite of German. The distinction is interesting, but purely etymological. It would be silly to look for actual gender in the sun and the moon based on such linguistic peculiarities. Does that example capture the sense of what you have instructed us regarding the word spirit in Scripture? In Him, Doc PS I always thought it was odd that the German word "madchen" (little girl) is a neuter word! :-) |
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2 | Is the Holy Spirit ever feminine gender? | 2 Tim 2:15 | Morant61 | 210306 | ||
Greetings Doc! You are dead on! Usually, the gender of a noun makes sense. But, there are cases like you mentioned that don't make sense. :-) Hebrew has a different distinction. It has words that are 'dual' in form and take a plural ending for a singular word. Talk about confusing! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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