[B-Greek] When was the word "John" first used?
Stephen Walch
swalchy at thewaytoyahuweh.com
Thu Dec 6 06:13:49 EST 2007
John is just the shorter version of the Hebrew Yehochanan and Yochanan which appear 33 times in the OT. The oldest occurrence in the OT is in 2 Kings 25:23:
When all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and JOHANAN the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
καὶ ἤκουσαν πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες τη̂ς δυνάμεως, αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτω̂ν, ὅτι κατέστησεν βασιλεὺς Βαβυλω̂νος τὸν Γοδολιαν, καὶ ἠ̂λθον πρὸς Γοδολιαν εἰς Μασσηφαθ, καὶ Ισμαηλ υἱὸς Ναθανιου καὶ Ιωαναν υἱὸς Καρηε καὶ Σαραιας υἱὸς Θανεμαθ ὁ Νετωφαθίτης καὶ Ιεζονιας υἱὸς του̂ Μαχαθι, αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτω̂ν.
KAI HKOUSAN PANTES hOI ARXONTS THS DUNAMEWS AUTOI KAI hOI ANDRES AUTON hOTI KATETHSEN PASILEUS BABULWNOS TON GODOLIAN, KAI HLQON PROS GODOLIAN EIS MASSHFAQ KAI ISMAHL hUIOS NAQANIOU KAI Iwanan hUOIS KARHE KAI SARAIAS UIOS QANEMAQ hO NETWFAQITHS KAI IEZONIAS hUOIS TOU MAXAQI AUTOI KAI hOI ANDRES AUTWN
So yes - the Koran, once again, is wrong. Just like it's wrong in thinking that the Egyptians knew of crucifixion, and that Mary, the mother of the Messiah, was also Miriam (Mary being the same as Miriam) the Sister of Aaron, Moses' brother.
-----Original Message-----
The "Koran" states that the word "John" was first used in history for John The Baptist. I ran it on my software of the Bible which included the Greek Septuagint and so far have not found them wrong. Would someone who has the ability to search outside Scripture see if you can find an example of the greek or Hebrew word for "John" used prior to the Birth of John The Baptist. I could not search the Hebrew Old testament. Thanks for your help.
Leon Custer
Kernersville, NC
leoncuster at yahoo.com
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