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:καρπός is not a common ancient Greek word for "wrist".  Strong's does not even list "wrist" as its meaning, and it unreasonable to expect John to have used it for that meaning.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 20:02, 14 November 2011 (EST)
 
:καρπός is not a common ancient Greek word for "wrist".  Strong's does not even list "wrist" as its meaning, and it unreasonable to expect John to have used it for that meaning.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 20:02, 14 November 2011 (EST)
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::*Aristotle and Homer use καρπός for that meaning.
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::*That (the usage of) a word isn't mentioned in Strong's concordance with its less than 6,000 root words doesn't mean that it was unusual: you won't find an entry for γάτα in Strong's, but everyone with some knowledge of Greek did know it!
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::*It's not unreasonable to expect that John chose χείρ intentionally at the two places in the verse.
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::[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 16:23, 15 November 2011 (EST)
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