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May 30, 2023
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Strong's translation of χερσὶν (chersin) as only "hands" is in clear error, as it also means "wrists". This error has caused the mistranslation of {{bibleref|Acts|12|7}} (the chains did not fall of Peter's "hands", but his "wrists"), and of
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May 29, 2023
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a pro-alcohol bias, as in mistranslating unfermented grape juice as "new wine" and thereby concealing the positive references to grape juice rather than wine.
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March 17, 2022
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Some have criticized Strong's word-based approach as causing fundamental misunderstandings of Bible verses. For example, one Bible scholar observes that
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a literary rather than scientific or mathematical focus, thereby tending to avoid more scientific or mathematical terms such as efficiency, energy, perfection (in the sense of flawlessness), set, and infinity
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March 5, 2022
James Strong was incorrect in insisting on Pauline authorship of the Epistle to the Hebrews, which modern linguistic analysis proves was not written by Paul.
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Strong's omits the double meaning of "homosexual" for the Hebrew word "כֶּלֶב", thereby concealing multiple biblical condemnations of homosexuality. See, e.g., [[Deuteronomy 18-25 (Translat
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May 29, 2020
October 30, 2019
revision - displayed title of link http://biblehub.com/greek/2008.htm - Strong's Concordance 2008. ἐπιτιμάω epitimaó: to honor, to mete out due measure, hence to censure.
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revision - from - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%90%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%89 - to - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ἐπιτιμάω
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April 28, 2018
April 5, 2018
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April 4, 2017
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a lack of a full understanding of the Greek that we have today, as in the meaning of "ἐπιτιμάω".
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July 13, 2016
October 19, 2015
a preference for monarchical spin in translating non-monarchical Greek terms, such as Μεγαλωσύνης, which means "greatness" based on its root but Strong's translates it as "majesty"
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a literary rather than scientific bias, thereby tending to avoid more scientific or mathematical terms such as power, efficiency, energy, perfection (in the sense of flawlessness), set, and infinity
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Some researchers cite Strong's as though it were the Gospel truth, but in fact he had occasional weaknesses and biases in his work which can be improved upon today.
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