[Truth Defender]

The definition of words in the english language are no more a matter of “interpretation” than mathematical equations.

They are either correct, or they are not.

There you go again with that long term "interpretation". You should have used the English term "understanding" instead. And yes, they are one or the other.

I go with the definitions found in a first century Greek lexicon. That contains the meanings of the terms found in the Bible and do not contain the added definitions accumulated over the centuries since the Bible was written.

One has a right to their own opinion; one has no right to their own facts.

I would disagree with the last part of your statement. Facts are facts, and they belong to no one individual. If a fact is proven wrong, then it is no longer a fact.

[papertyger]

The modern conceit of treating the word “understanding” as a subjective evaluation is just that...a modern conceit.

One either understands, or one does not.

I think you should re-read what I wrote about ones own facts. I wrote the opposite of what you seem to think I wrote.