From: Silouan Wollert (redco2@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Aug 20 2001 - 13:11:10 EDT
Hello
I did a quick check with my Webster's. "Reins" comes from the Latin "renes"
meaning "kidneys". A related word in English is "renal". A synonym for
"renal" is "nephritic". Hope this sheds some light... ;-)
Silouan
--- Silouan Wollert redco2@mindspring.com> -----Original Message----- > From: George Blaisdell [mailto:maqhth@hotmail.com] > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 4:58 PM > To: Biblical Greek > Subject: [b-greek] Rev.2:23 NEFROUS > > > B-Greekers - > > NEFROS means kidneys, yet my KJV translates it here as reins, and > I am not > all that clear on what NEFROUS means in this passage. The trail between > reins and kidneys is looking murky and obscure. > > Anyone got a light on this one? > > Thanks in advance! > > geo > > > George Blaisdell > Roslyn, WA
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