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Disputed Greek terms (view source)

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typically translated as "hand", which was its common usage, but it also means "wrist" for which the Greek language did not have a separate term. In two key instances it should thus be translated as wrists, yet English versions fail to do so.
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*epouranios - typically translated as "of heaven,"<ref>https://biblehub.com/greek/2032.htm</ref> but what about its use in the context of wickedness in {{bibleref|Ephesians|6|12}}?  There the [[KJV]] uniquely translates its as in "high places."
 
*epouranios - typically translated as "of heaven,"<ref>https://biblehub.com/greek/2032.htm</ref> but what about its use in the context of wickedness in {{bibleref|Ephesians|6|12}}?  There the [[KJV]] uniquely translates its as in "high places."
 
*oinos - typically translated as wine,<ref>https://biblehub.com/greek/3631.htm</ref> but there is an argument that it really means "fruit of the vine" and need not be fermented, such that it could refer to grape juice.
 
*oinos - typically translated as wine,<ref>https://biblehub.com/greek/3631.htm</ref> but there is an argument that it really means "fruit of the vine" and need not be fermented, such that it could refer to grape juice.
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*cheir - typically translated as "hand", which was its common usage, but it also means "wrist" for which the Greek language did not have a separate term.  In two key instances it should thus be translated as wrists, yet English versions fail to do so.<ref>https://www.gotquestions.org/nails-hands-wrists.html</ref>  [[Strong's]] fails to explain that its meaning can be "wrist", as it certainly is when chains fell off the disciple's χειρῶν at {[bibleref|Acts|12|7}} 
 
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