To: xzins; kosta50
What Greek word would I use if I were to talk of your brother? Just because one would use the word 'adelphoi' to talk of siblings (from the same parents) does not mean that 'adelphoi' can only mean 'siblings from the same parents', especially since there are different senses of the term, as St. Jerome points out, not just as used in Greek, but also and especially as used in Aramaic.
-A8
1,018 posted on
12/10/2006 10:16:41 PM PST by
adiaireton8
("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
To: adiaireton8; kosta50; blue-duncan; P-Marlowe; Dr. Eckleburg; Forest Keeper
I am talking about the primary usage of the word adelphoi, brethren.
Any other usage is NOT the primary usage.
1,024 posted on
12/11/2006 4:40:20 AM PST by
xzins
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