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monthly archives October - 2016
As promised, here is woman. Gyne is a Greek word that means woman or wife. According to Thayer’s Greek Lexicon this woman can be “a woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow”. (Thayer’s Greek Lexicon...
Here is the other man of the New Testament, aner. Aner can mean man or husband. According to Strongs’, it occurs 216 times in the New Testament. Women, fear not, I will be sharing the word for woman next week. ...
If you grew up attending Sunday School or children’s church, or maybe even church camp there is a good chance that you sang “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus.” Sorry to any Greek enthusiasts, but there is no Greek in...
Anthropology is the science of man. Anthropic means of or pertaining to mankind. Philanthropy is the love of mankind. Misanthropy is the hatred of mankind. Anthropocentric is viewing man as being the center of the universe. These words all have the root...
Hagios is the word used in the New Testament to mean holy. The New Testament doesn’t speak much about God being holy, but it does talk about God’s Spirit, the Holy Spirit. Hagios can mean set apart, holy, or sacred. I...
Dei is a small word that means it is necessary. Some variations on the definition are it is inevitable or it is a duty. In more than half of the 104 occurrences of this word in the New Testament, dei...
