[B-Greek] Jam 3:7 FUSIS

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Wed Mar 16 00:52:30 EDT 2011


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From: Oun Kwon
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Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Jam 3:7 FUSIS
taming and has tamed all animal species.
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Since The human being as a species has not, in fact, 'tamed every
species' (or 'every kind' - KJV) of animal kingdom, should I take
the expression 'every' as rhetorical hyperbole?
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Yes, definitely. That is very common, especially in a book like James that 
reveals an underlying Hebrew thought pattern. English versions recognize that by 
saying "every kind of" or "all kinds of".

Iver Larsen




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