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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. | | 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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| − | Examples of weakness or bias by Strong's: | + | Examples of weakness or bias by Strong's include: |
| | *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" | | *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" |
| | *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 | | *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 |
| − | *a lack of a full understanding of the Greek that we have today, as in the meaning of "ἐπιτιμάω". Strong's sets forth its meaning as "rebuke, chide, admonish, warn,"<ref>http://biblehub.com/greek/2008.htm</ref> while its real meaning is "to lay a value upon" or "to lay a penalty on a person."<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%90%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%89</ref> | + | *a lack of the full understanding of the Greek that we have today, as in the meaning of "ἐπιτιμάω". Strong's sets forth its meaning as "rebuke, chide, admonish, warn,"<ref>http://biblehub.com/greek/2008.htm</ref> while its real meaning is "to lay a value upon" or "to lay a penalty on a person."<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%90%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%89</ref> |
| | ==References== | | ==References== |
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| | [[Category:Bible]] | | [[Category:Bible]] |