[B-Greek] petros and petras

Kevin Riley klriley at alphalink.com.au
Fri Sep 5 07:53:43 EDT 2003


So if you wanted to use 'Petra' as the name for a man -  to show he was a
'massive rock', how would that be turned into a masculine Greek name?
Kevin Riley

>-----Original Message-----
>From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
>[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Ron Snider
>Sent: Friday, 5 September 2003 9:46 PM
>
>I agree with Frankie completely...Petra seems to be a massive rock,
>huge.  Petros is a little stone or pebble, and this distinction would
>save many false interpretations of Scripture.
>
>Ron Snider
>
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