[B-Greek] 1 Timothy 2:4-5
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 19 12:02:50 EDT 2011
"Match" wrote:
"This is also wrong. Words don't have meanings. Meanings use words. You don't
"find" the meaning of a Greek word by looking in a dictionary or grammar. You
learn to read Greek and the meaning is there. This is my own ultra nauseam, I
know."
While there is no inherent meaning in any particular word, there is a
conventional meaning. I am reminded of the story of Abraham Lincoln who is
supposed to have responded to a question "If we called a tail a leg, how many
legs would a dog have" with the answer that it would still have four since
calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one. I think you're getting too cute by
half.
george
gfsomsel
… search for truth, hear truth,
learn truth, love truth, speak the truth, hold the truth,
defend the truth till death.
- Jan Hus
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