Bible Question: Why is wisdom referred to as HER? |
Bible Answer: Usually it has to do with the language. Both Hebrew and Greek, as with many languages, have gender. Hebrew has masculine and feminine gender, and greek has masculine, feminine and neutral gender. Although, I don't have my reference books at hand at the moment, I'm nearly certain that the word translated as "wisdom" has a feminine gender, which is why its called "her". Another word like this would be the word translated as "Church" in the New Testament. Its also feminine in the Greek, and described as a woman in the texts. Jesusman |
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