Gender of TO PNEUMA
Jim West
jwest at highland.net
Fri Nov 19 08:16:33 EST 1999
At 11:21 AM 11/19/99 +0000, you wrote:
>I'd like to ask a question about the gender used to translate TO PNEUMA. Why
>do English translations use 'he' for the pronoun referring to the Holy
>Spirit, rather than 'it'?
>
>Thank you
merely convention. it would be hard for folk to read a bible which used
"it" for a member of the godhead- so "he" is used and often "He".
Its ok though because neuter gender in greek or feminine gender (ekklhsia-
the word for church is feminine) has nothing to do with sexuality. So fear
not, the Spirit, like the "father", is gender neutral (and not male or female).
best,
jim
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