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Hello. I’m told there are some Greek speakers here. Does anyone have insight about Revelation 9:21 which in most English translations is “sorcery” but when I look at a lexicon the word pharmakeia is the word is says is from the Greek. To an English speaker the word pharmakeia obviously seems...

At times, some members might notice that those such as myself, various Orthodox members like my Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox friends @prodromos @HTacianas @FenderTL5 @dzheremi and other friends of ours such as @ViaCrucis may use a vocabulary somewhat unfamiliar to the average Western...

I only speak English so I probably will make a fool of myself here over my Greek question but I can’t find a satisfactory answer anywhere. Revelation 9:21 talks of sorceries but when I use a Greek lexicon I find pharmakeia which to an English speaker I would have assumed to be related to...

I know the Biblical meaning of blasphemy is different than its meaning nowadays. Curious if anyone is really knowledgeable on this subject? What does it exactly mean in the Bible? 1. Does intent have to be involved? 2. If it is meant to cause injury, can it only be done around others?

Can someone help me with how to use the BDAG, the book version? I am new to this and do not know much about how this works. I have experience in Strong's, which is easy to use. But for BDAG I feel like you have to know Greek to be able to use it. It does not have English-first words, it does...

Question for Orthodoxical types (EO, RO, GO, OO, ?O, &c.). I am looking for historical written materials, as far back as can be given (whether, in Greek, Latin, Syriac, even, and all the better if translated into English, but not necessary) that are not among the standard 'ECF', ante-Nicene (I...

With less than 1 month away for the release of God of War: Ragnarok i decided to create this thread talking about the God of War franchise. Rules: Keep it SFW(no ultra-violent content or nudity) Mark God of War: Ragnarok leaks as spoilers Keep it civil and no politics If talking about...

Hello! According to this Sabbatarian source, Ignatius' statement, normally translated thus, is incorrect (emphasis mine): If then those who had walked in ancient prac- tices attained unto newness of hope, no longer observing sabbaths but fashioning their lives after the Lord's day, on which our...

Sometimes a believer has issues with feeling not worthy to be helped by God. Well, how to resolve this wrong mind? Its by understanding that you are made worthy to receive from God, because Christ is in you and this makes you ETERNALLY worthy and keeps you ETERNALLY worthy. See, the reason...

- Some of you that enjoy taking things apart, or refinishing things or making things "look new", will probably enjoy knowing where salvation started. Others who just love to talk about the Things of the Lord, will enjoy knowing. Now, if we really want to drill it down, then we surely...

That the Greek New Testament was manipulated is quite clear. It has been proven that the Septuagint contained the name of God and they were so respectful that they kept the name after the Hebrew language. So they did not "translate" a name, but left it as it was. But then, later on, people...

This is the 'new' or 'Greco-Bohairic' pronunciation (based in the pronunciation reform of Erian Moftah in the time of HH Pope Cyril IV, 1854-1861), so it is ultimately based on the Greek, though there is still some interesting stuff here. This is how you'll hear and use it in most Coptic...

Hello, Is there a place online where experts in the Koine Greek language of Bible times can be contacted? Having access to such would be beneficial in the study of the inspired text of Scripture!

I know it's out of season since it's sung for Pentecost (June 7) and the Apostles' fast (June 8-July 11), but I just found it today and want to post it before it falls down the memory hole, so here's the Greek-Coptic hymn "Asomen to Kyrio" (Let us praise the Lord), sung in Coptic, Greek, Arabic...

Hi all, A recent thread has caused me to look for information on the exact meaning of κοινωνοι as it is found in 2 Peter 1:4 (the famous "partakers of the divine nature" verse). Not knowing Greek, what little I have found suggests that it might be more literally translated as "sharers" (as...

It might be modern Greek or holy Greek. In my college they only teach heathen Greek.

This question is based mainly by comparing it with Hebrew. Even though Greek was the main language used in the Christian world in the age of the Apostles and the Early Church, the language of the New Testament, and the Septuagint, a lot of people still use Hebrew. I don't see anyone calling...

Howdy! I'm curious about that because some say Hebrew because it was talked by the Jews and the Old Testament (if you don't believe in the Deuterocanon) was solely written in Hebrew. Why others say Greek because of the New Testament and that it was the language used by the Church. What do you...

I guess it's good form to introduce myself before posting. So here we go. My name's Bryan. I went to a Church of England school and had a fairly standard religious upbringing for an Englishman. Now I'm a humanist. However, I have a lot of time for Christianity and Christians, and my Bible is...

It is suspicious that those events aren't mentioned in the original language but are associated with Greek which was used by the Jews around 300 B.C and more than 200 years after Daniel and 100 years after Esther.