[B-Greek] petros and petras

reznik1 at juno.com reznik1 at juno.com
Fri Sep 5 08:30:54 EDT 2003


I also believe that in case of Peter, PETROS is just a masculine form of PETRA. And the gospels clearly show that PETROS is a Greek equivalent of Aramaic KEPHA which means exactly what PETRA means.

Dmitriy Reznik

-- "Kevin Riley" <klriley at alphalink.com.au> wrote:
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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