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Liddell & Scott 1961 edition



Vocabulary of the Greek Testament Bilingual by Moulton, J H, Milligan, G



Robert Keep, A Homeric Dictionary

 

As in the account of Joseph in the Old Testament, and millions of times since, and before, God can and does bring much BLESSINGS out of suffering!

Another great example of BLESSINGS and SUFFERING and more BLESSINGS is the life of Job

I am at the present suffering many health issues, with weekly visits to the hospital and doctors. But, I can see in my own situation, that God has brought much Good from this, and has indeed BLESSED my life! I feel the Lord is much closer to me!

We must not look at the small picture, but to see things as God does.

The Christian who is burned at the stake for their Faith, and in many other ways, do indeed suffer greatly. However, there is a BLESSING in there for them as well, because after their very painful deaths, the open their eyes and see Jesus! What Greater Blessings can there be?

 

are you saying that to be BLESSED is not GOOD? Or, a BLESSING is not GOOD?

 

you forgot the man who coined the Greek adjective ἀγᾰθός, Homer. see #21

 

Aha! So my software evidently has "Middle Liddell," the abridged version. It does not have "blessing" in it, as I have shown. But you are posting the complete version, which does have "blessing." However, it does not present an actual usage where "blessing" is the clear meaning.

Other lexicons which do not have "blessing": BAGD, Thayer's, Friberg, Abbot-Smith, VBNT, Gingrich, Louw-Nida, Mounce.

 

Can anyone here give an actual usage of the word in the NT where "blessing" is the clear meaning?

 

There is a clear difference in meaning between "blessing" and "good." "Blessing" indicates a spiritual source for a happy condition, whereas "good" has a very broad range of meaning, and can be anything: good food, good deed, good person, etc.

So, to conflate "blessing" and "good" is to devalue the meaning of "blessing."

 

There is a clear difference in meaning between "blessing" and "good." "Blessing" indicates a spiritual source for a happy condition, whereas "good" has a very broad range of meaning, and can be anything: good food, good deed, good person, etc.

So, to conflate "blessing" and "good" is to devalue the meaning of "blessing."

 

When God says He will do GOOD to His people, you can be VERY SURE, that this means BLESSINGS!!!

You are playing with word meanings!

I have shown that the word is also used for BLESSING, from the time that it was coined, Homer, as I have posted in #21. And that it is used as shown in L&S. It matters ZERO whether it is so used in the Bible! The fact is that it DOES include BLESSING!

 

There is a clear difference in meaning between "blessing" and "good." "Blessing" indicates a spirit

Well done. However, the Homeric dictionary is classical Greek, a different semantic ball game that may or may not apply to koine Greek.

 

this is a nonsense argument from you!

HOW can the word that DOES also mean BLESSING, "devalue" its meaning? In INCLUDES "Good" and "Blessing"!

 

Now who is playing with word meanings?

Look, I'm a Bible translator. In my work, we simply must look for exact equivalents. I do not see "blessing" and "good" as being exact equivalents in either Greek or English.

Got to run. Lots to do today. Nice talking to you.

 

this is strange coming from someone who does translations. It is not unusual for word meaning not to change, whether in Classical, Attic or Koine Greek, etc, where the MAJORITY of word meaning are UNCHANGED!

Just humbly admit that you are wrong on this what you started. I don't hold grudges...

 

Na! This is NOT the case. There are word-for-word, as much as they can be, Bible Versions; then there are dynamic equivalent Versions, and thought-for-though Versions...

your reasoning is very much lame!