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To: BenKenobi; smvoice

http://biblos.com/luke/1-31.htm
Luke 1:31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

http://concordances.org/greek/4815.htm
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Short Definition: I seize, apprehend, become pregnant
Definition: I seize, apprehend, assist, conceive, become pregnant.


649 posted on 01/06/2012 10:09:07 PM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: metmom

the term dates to the 13th-14th centuries and was understood as “to take seed into oneself”.

Which is not what the term means today. Conception meaning - “sperm and egg unite” doesn’t come about until much later.

Applying what the term means today to what it meant when it was written is incorrect.

“become pregnant”, absolutely. Conception!= sperm and egg unite - no.


653 posted on 01/06/2012 10:22:04 PM PST by BenKenobi
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