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NASB | Mark 5:9 And He was asking him, "What is your name?" And he *said to Him, "My name is Legion; for we are many." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 5:9 He was asking him, "What is your name?" And he replied, "My name is Legion; for we are many." |
Bible Question:
What is your name? My name is Legion. Legion is Greek Strong’s # G3003. We all know what that word means right? If the disciples of Jesus heard the man speak this in Greek, which is likely given the location, would they hear the Greek Word, "legion" as the Hebrew word, "leshon" which means "Slanderer" or "Accuser" (Hebrew Strong’s H3960)? Any Hebrew/Greek scholars out there can help me on the closeness of pronunciation? (We will have to assume for the purpose of the question that the disciples would have known some Hebrew. I am also not making the leap that they did not hear and understand the Greek word. I am only asking if the two words would have similar sounds.) MJH |
Bible Answer: Well lets give this one a shot. I'm no greek/hebrew scholar by any means. I know enough to stumble through my exhaustive concordance and Greek/English concordance. Lets see now. Important to know that at this time and you more than likely already know this that greek was pretty much at this time a universal language and with fact that the Roman empire encompassed the former Greek empire it would be a fair guess that greek would be the main form of communication throughout the Roman empire. I presume you are refering to the 12,forgive me if I'm not correct on this. Lets assume that at a minimum they understood the greek and spoke enough to get by and because of there upbring and education in the Torah Hebrew or Aramaic would not be a stumbling block to them. So lets take stab at this.In the greek its spelled almost exactly as it's pronounced. Where as in the Hebrew it's pronounced lasan(TO SLANDER) there is lassaron, lesa which transelates to sharon or belonging to sharon. So looking at the two it's a maybe but not likely.But like I said I am by no means an authority I can figure out enough to get me through a simple Word study, but thats about it. I hope this helps and doesn't cause to much confusion. But I learned a few things myself. Thanx for the opportunity to learn some things I didn't know. In Christ; lionheart |
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kalos | ||
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Haalo | ||
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amadotara |