Some one who has had very little Greek training recently stated (& I quote):
"Greek, as with many languages, uses masculine nouns to refer to classes or groups of people that consist of both men and women. 'Apostles' is a 'people group'." (Hence, the masculine usage).
This sounds like over-simplification to me (?). Ironically, this same writer pointed out that ἐκκλησίας is feminine - which is equally a "people group" (yet does not appear in the masculine contra his wooden statement)?
Your thoughts (again, I will not drag this out
