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mthe loss in "power" by Jesus when the sick woman touched him to be healed should probably be translated as a loss in personal "energy", a term unknown to ancient Greek.
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June 21, 2015
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mHere is a growing number of examples of terms in modern science, math, logic, and politics, mostly unknown to James Strong, which are overlooked by the linguistic-educated translators of the Bible:
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What is the cardinality of the remnant?
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table missing a box, corrected
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make it sortable
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make it a table...
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wikify [logos]]
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Strong's work was in the 1800s, before all of the 20th century intellectual breakthroughs and language development that can better capture the powerful original meaning of ancient terms like "logos".
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June 20, 2015
James Strong, who wrote the classic dictionary of the meaning of Greek and Hebrew words in the Bible, had a background in literature rather than in math and science.
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λόγος isn't used to describe logic
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logos tends to be translated using the relatively weak term "word" by the humanities-trained biblical scholars.
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The effect of the bias is to fail to convey the full power of some verses, and to lose students whose interests are more on the quantitative than literary side.
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But see Isaiah 14:10 (NASB): "The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that none may enter."
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Examples of terms of modern science, logic, and politics that are overlooked by translators of the Bible (add to list)
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correct category
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