[B-Greek] classic quote
timothy mcmahon
targum at msn.com
Sun Aug 9 13:49:44 EDT 2009
Bill:
The third word is not hETEROS, 'other,' but hETAIROS, 'friend' (e.g., Matthew 20:13). Not sure where the "o" comes from in the transliteration on the wesbsite.
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> From: "Bill Barton" <phos at windstream.net>
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> Hello all,
>
> I'm studying a Greek saying that I found on the internet: "Truth has a
> friend in heaven."
> www.martianpictures.com/aliki/docs/aboutaliki.html
>
> The link renders the Greek as "alethea erano oeteron" which I interpret as
> follows:
>
> alethea = ALHQEIA (truth)
> erano = OURANWi (in heaven)
> oeteron = hETERON (another)
>
> Question, please: Have I rendered and translated "oeteron" correctly?
>
>
> Bill Barton
> Layman
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