Advanced Hermeneutics · Intermediate
Word Studies and the Original Languages
God gave His Word in real human languages, and a single word rightly understood can open a whole passage; but words take their meaning from context, not from roots, tools, or our preferences.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
What you'll learn
1
Why God's choice of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek makes careful word study worth the effort
2
How one word, such as doulos in Philippians 2:7, can open a whole passage
3
Why context, not roots or a favorite definition, decides what a word means
4
How to use concordances and lexicons wisely, and how to weigh the two words for love in John 21
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