Words

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I love to study words. How many times do we read through the Bible and not get the full impact of certain words. I found this old article that's been on my website for thirty years now. I think you may enjoy it, so I'll post it.

Words
In Christianity, Satan is our enemy. In Hebrew, Satan is “the adversary.” and comes from the root which means “to persecute.” In its earliest sense, Satan referred only to a human adversary and first appeared as the name of a distinct personality in 1 Chronicles 21:1. “And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.”

The devil, in the beginning, meant “slanderer.” Greek is diabolos, while our word angel came from the Greek word angellos meaning “a messenger” or “a herald.” It was through the influence of the Bible that the devil, the angels, and Satan took on the meanings that are now familiar to us. And for the sake of our records, Belial translates from the Hebrew as “worthless” or “wickedness” and Bellzebub meant “God of the flies,” from baal, “god” and zebub, “flies,” for he was the god of the Philistines who could summon or send away the hordes of flies that brought with them the pestilence and the plague.”

The church has many holidays, and in modern-day usage, we make some distinctions between holidays and holy days. The Middle English word “halidai, or holy day is applied to either one, which is not so strange when we consider how many holidays have their origin in some religious observance.

The Middle English period extended roughly from the Norman invasion in 1066 to the time on or about 1500.

There is Easter, once the name of the old Germanic goddess of the dawn and the spring, a name that is connected with the East where the dawn comes up. The festival was celebrated at the time of the spring equinox, and so, by confusion, one of the great Christian holidays bears a pagan name.

Among other special days, there is Halloween and Saint Valentine’s Day.
Halloween stands for, “All-Hollow-Even,” the even of All Saints or All Hallows. The word hallow still survives with us as a verb that means “to make holy” as in the Lord’s Prayer when we say, “Hallowed be Thy name.” According to the old Celtic calendar, the last day in October was New Year’s Eve, but the church imposed All Saint’s Eve on this heathen holiday.

Saint Valentine’s Day is in honor of the Roman Ecclesiastic and Christian martyr who was beheaded in the 3rd century by Emperor Claudius. The practice of sending valentines to persons of the opposite sex grew out of an old belief prevalent even before the time of Chaucer, that the mating season of the birds began on St. Valentine’s Day.

Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet, born in 1343, and died 1400: his most noted work, is the manuscript of the prologue to “The Canterbury Tales.”

The word for "Christmas" derives from an Old English term that dates back to 1038 A.D., "Cristes Maesse." The term means "The mass of Christ," which is evidence of its Catholic roots. "Mass" comes from the Latin missa, and refers to the service of Eucharist, or the Lord's Supper.

The word sabbath, our one holiday in seven, was spelled “shabath” in Hebrew, and meant “rest.”

The word congregation, Latin con., meaning “with,” and grex, meaning “herd,” the flock that is all “herded” together to be led by its pastor or “shepherd,” in the case of Christians, Jesus Christ is, that Shepherd.
Jeremiah 30:20, the LORD said, “And their congregation shall be established before me.”

The words rapture and rape both mean “overcome,” carried away” and derive from the Latin rapio which also means “to carry off,” and usually by force. Also, a person can look upon a beautiful view with rapture, and be ‘carried away” by it, or, they can be enraptured with beautiful woman and look upon her with rape in their heart.

Also, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, “Then we (Christians) which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,”

1 Corinthians 3:18, “If any man among you seems to be wise in this world (age), let him become a fool, that he may be wise.”

Let those who talk too much take care, for the Latin word “follis,” which gave us “fool,” means “a windbag.” Yet there is a more innocent way than this to get the reputation of being foolish. The ancient Greeks called those who didn’t hold public office “idiotes,” and this may be what many of our politicians think of us today.”

Genesis 3:1, “Now the serpent was more subtile than any beast of the field”

The Latin “subtilis” originally meant “finespun,” from sub, “beneath,” and tela, “web.” The devil “weaves” his words into delicate and subtle phrases.
Daniel 9:27, “and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate.”

To the Greeks and Romans omens were signs of things to come, and in this world of ours many dread the future. When we abominate anything, we use the above Latin phrase, for the word is from ab, “away,” and omen, “omen.” Christians are to hate and loathe abominable things, as in idols. They are evil “omens” and we want them to stay “away” from us. We also discover omen in our English word ominous.

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In Christianity, Satan is our enemy. In Hebrew, Satan is “The adversary,” and comes from the root which means “to persecute.” In its earliest sense, Satan referred only to a human adversary and first appeared as the name of a distinct personality in 1 Chronicles 21:1. “And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.”

The devil, in the beginning, meant “slanderer.” Greek is diabolos, while our word angel came from the Greek word angellos meaning “a messenger” or “a herald.” It was through the influence of the Bible that the devil, the angels, and Satan took on the meanings that are now familiar to us. And for the sake of our records, Belial translates from the Hebrew as “worthless” or “wickedness” and Beelzebub meant “God of the flies,” from Baal, “god” and zebub, “flies,” for he was the god of the Philistines who could summon or send away the hordes of flies that brought with them the pestilence and the plague.”

[Difflugia]

Two relatively minor points:

In Hebrew, Satan is “The adversary,” and comes from the root which means “to persecute.”

I think you're looking at the wrong root:

שָׂטָן (satan) is from the root verb שָׂטַן, which means "to oppose."

שָׂטַם (satam) is the verb "to hate" or "to persecute," but it's right next to שָׂטַן in Hebrew alphabetical order.

Beelzebub meant “God of the flies,” from Baal, “god” and zebub, “flies,” for he was the god of the Philistines who could summon or send away the hordes of flies that brought with them the pestilence and the plague.”

Most scholars think that Baal Zebub is an intentional distortion of Baal Zebul, "Baal the Prince" or "Prince Baal," similar to how Ishbosheth ("man of shame") is likely an intentional distortion of Ishbaal ("man of Baal").

From Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan by John Day, pp. 79-80:

The most probable explanation of the name Baal-zebub is that which sees the name as a deliberate distortion of Baal-zebul, 'Baal the Prince'. That Baal-zebub was a distortion of Baal-zebul was already suggested by the scholar T.K. Cheyne, but he thought the meaning was 'lord of the high house'. With the discovery of the Ugaritic texts and the finding there of Baal's frequent epithet, zbl b'l, 'Prince Baal', the view has gained support that Baal-zebub is a deliberate distortion of this.

Baal Zebub/Zebul is mentioned in the Gospels as Βεελζεβοὺλ (Beelzeboul, the first appearance is Matthew 10:25).

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[Replying to Difflugia in post #3]

Two relatively minor points:

In Hebrew, Satan is “The adversary,” and comes from the root which means “to persecute.”

I think you're looking at the wrong root:

Thanks for your response, I'll add that to my information. I believe we are both on the right track. The following is from an 1837 Hebrew and English Dictionary by W. L. Roy. Quote:

He hated, persecuted, abused, envied, slandered. Psalms 71:13 "adversaries to my soul:" As a noun m.s., The devil is an adversary, enemy oppressor, and persecutor, 1 Kings 5:4. In the Old Testament, he is the great enemy of mankind. Job 2:1, "And Satan came also among them --" Zechariah 3:1, "and Satan standing at his right hand." New Testament, The accuser, slanderer, spy, the arch deceiver of mankind. Revelation 12:9-10, "the old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan."

שָׂטָן (satan) is from the root verb שָׂטַן, which means "to oppose."

שָׂטַם (satam) is the verb "to hate" or "to persecute," but it's right next to שָׂטַן in Hebrew alphabetical order.

Beelzebub meant “God of the flies,” from Baal, “god” and zebub, “flies,” for he was the god of the Philistines who could summon or send away the hordes of flies that brought with them the pestilence and the plague.”

Most scholars think that Baal Zebub is an intentional distortion of Baal Zebul, "Baal the Prince" or "Prince Baal," similar to how Ishbosheth ("man of shame") is likely an intentional distortion of Ishbaal ("man of Baal").

From Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan by John Day, pp. 79-80:

The most probable explanation of the name Baal-zebub is that which sees the name as a deliberate distortion of Baal-zebul, 'Baal the Prince'. That Baal-zebub was a distortion of Baal-zebul

That's correct

Baal-zebul was already suggested by the scholar T.K. Cheyne, but he thought the meaning was 'lord of the high house'. With the discovery of the Ugaritic texts and the finding there of Baal's frequent epithet, zbl b'l, 'Prince Baal', the view has gained support that Baal-zebub is a deliberate distortion of this.

Good information. The following is a quote from an 1836 Greek to English Lexicon by Edward Robenson D.D. The name in the Old Testament is Beelzbub, as in lord of flies, fly-god. 1 Kings 1:2, "Go enquire of Ba-al-ze-bub the god of Ekron --." In this form, Beelzebaul in some Mss. of the N.T. appears to have been the prevailing one among the Jews, see Matthew 12:24, and as you mentioned Matthew 10:25.

Thanks for your input, glad to see there are people like you who understand how important it is to get the meaning of words right.

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I love to study words. How many times do we read through the Bible and not get the full impact of certain words. I found this old article that's been on my website for thirty years now. I think you may enjoy it, so I'll post it.

Words
In Christianity, Satan is our enemy. In Hebrew, Satan is “the adversary.” and comes from the root which means “to persecute.” In its earliest sense, Satan referred only to a human adversary and first appeared as the name of a distinct personality in 1 Chronicles 21:1. “And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.”

The devil, in the beginning, meant “slanderer.” Greek is diabolos, while our word angel came from the Greek word angellos meaning “a messenger” or “a herald.” It was through the influence of the Bible that the devil, the angels, and Satan took on the meanings that are now familiar to us. And for the sake of our records, Belial translates from the Hebrew as “worthless” or “wickedness” and Bellzebub meant “God of the flies,” from baal, “god” and zebub, “flies,” for he was the god of the Philistines who could summon or send away the hordes of flies that brought with them the pestilence and the plague.”

The church has many holidays, and in modern-day usage, we make some distinctions between holidays and holy days. The Middle English word “halidai, or holy day is applied to either one, which is not so strange when we consider how many holidays have their origin in some religious observance.

The Middle English period extended roughly from the Norman invasion in 1066 to the time on or about 1500.

There is Easter, once the name of the old Germanic goddess of the dawn and the spring, a name that is connected with the East where the dawn comes up. The festival was celebrated at the time of the spring equinox, and so, by confusion, one of the great Christian holidays bears a pagan name.

Among other special days, there is Halloween and Saint Valentine’s Day.
Halloween stands for, “All-Hollow-Even,” the even of All Saints or All Hallows. The word hallow still survives with us as a verb that means “to make holy” as in the Lord’s Prayer when we say, “Hallowed be Thy name.” According to the old Celtic calendar, the last day in October was New Year’s Eve, but the church imposed All Saint’s Eve on this heathen holiday.

Saint Valentine’s Day is in honor of the Roman Ecclesiastic and Christian martyr who was beheaded in the 3rd century by Emperor Claudius. The practice of sending valentines to persons of the opposite sex grew out of an old belief prevalent even before the time of Chaucer, that the mating season of the birds began on St. Valentine’s Day.

Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet, born in 1343, and died 1400: his most noted work, is the manuscript of the prologue to “The Canterbury Tales.”

The word for "Christmas" derives from an Old English term that dates back to 1038 A.D., "Cristes Maesse." The term means "The mass of Christ," which is evidence of its Catholic roots. "Mass" comes from the Latin missa, and refers to the service of Eucharist, or the Lord's Supper.

The word sabbath, our one holiday in seven, was spelled “shabath” in Hebrew, and meant “rest.”

The word congregation, Latin con., meaning “with,” and grex, meaning “herd,” the flock that is all “herded” together to be led by its pastor or “shepherd,” in the case of Christians, Jesus Christ is, that Shepherd.
Jeremiah 30:20, the LORD said, “And their congregation shall be established before me.”

The words rapture and rape both mean “overcome,” carried away” and derive from the Latin rapio which also means “to carry off,” and usually by force. Also, a person can look upon a beautiful view with rapture, and be ‘carried away” by it, or, they can be enraptured with beautiful woman and look upon her with rape in their heart.

Also, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, “Then we (Christians) which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,”

1 Corinthians 3:18, “If any man among you seems to be wise in this world (age), let him become a fool, that he may be wise.”

Let those who talk too much take care, for the Latin word “follis,” which gave us “fool,” means “a windbag.” Yet there is a more innocent way than this to get the reputation of being foolish. The ancient Greeks called those who didn’t hold public office “idiotes,” and this may be what many of our politicians think of us today.”

Genesis 3:1, “Now the serpent was more subtile than any beast of the field”

The Latin “subtilis” originally meant “finespun,” from sub, “beneath,” and tela, “web.” The devil “weaves” his words into delicate and subtle phrases.
Daniel 9:27, “and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate.”

To the Greeks and Romans omens were signs of things to come, and in this world of ours many dread the future. When we abominate anything, we use the above Latin phrase, for the word is from ab, “away,” and omen, “omen.” Christians are to hate and loathe abominable things, as in idols. They are evil “omens” and we want them to stay “away” from us. We also discover omen in our English word ominous.

I love to obey the Word.

[placebofactor]

I love to study words. How many times do we read through the Bible and not get the full impact of certain words. I found this old article that's been on my website for thirty years now. I think you may enjoy it, so I'll post it.

Words
In Christianity, Satan is our enemy. In Hebrew, Satan is “the adversary.” and comes from the root which means “to persecute.” In its earliest sense, Satan referred only to a human adversary and first appeared as the name of a distinct personality in 1 Chronicles 21:1. “And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.”

The devil, in the beginning, meant “slanderer.” Greek is diabolos, while our word angel came from the Greek word angellos meaning “a messenger” or “a herald.” It was through the influence of the Bible that the devil, the angels, and Satan took on the meanings that are now familiar to us. And for the sake of our records, Belial translates from the Hebrew as “worthless” or “wickedness” and Bellzebub meant “God of the flies,” from baal, “god” and zebub, “flies,” for he was the god of the Philistines who could summon or send away the hordes of flies that brought with them the pestilence and the plague.”

The church has many holidays, and in modern-day usage, we make some distinctions between holidays and holy days. The Middle English word “halidai, or holy day is applied to either one, which is not so strange when we consider how many holidays have their origin in some religious observance.

The Middle English period extended roughly from the Norman invasion in 1066 to the time on or about 1500.

There is Easter, once the name of the old Germanic goddess of the dawn and the spring, a name that is connected with the East where the dawn comes up. The festival was celebrated at the time of the spring equinox, and so, by confusion, one of the great Christian holidays bears a pagan name.

Among other special days, there is Halloween and Saint Valentine’s Day.
Halloween stands for, “All-Hollow-Even,” the even of All Saints or All Hallows. The word hallow still survives with us as a verb that means “to make holy” as in the Lord’s Prayer when we say, “Hallowed be Thy name.” According to the old Celtic calendar, the last day in October was New Year’s Eve, but the church imposed All Saint’s Eve on this heathen holiday.

Saint Valentine’s Day is in honor of the Roman Ecclesiastic and Christian martyr who was beheaded in the 3rd century by Emperor Claudius. The practice of sending valentines to persons of the opposite sex grew out of an old belief prevalent even before the time of Chaucer, that the mating season of the birds began on St. Valentine’s Day.

Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet, born in 1343, and died 1400: his most noted work, is the manuscript of the prologue to “The Canterbury Tales.”

The word for "Christmas" derives from an Old English term that dates back to 1038 A.D., "Cristes Maesse." The term means "The mass of Christ," which is evidence of its Catholic roots. "Mass" comes from the Latin missa, and refers to the service of Eucharist, or the Lord's Supper.

The word sabbath, our one holiday in seven, was spelled “shabath” in Hebrew, and meant “rest.”

The word congregation, Latin con., meaning “with,” and grex, meaning “herd,” the flock that is all “herded” together to be led by its pastor or “shepherd,” in the case of Christians, Jesus Christ is, that Shepherd.
Jeremiah 30:20, the LORD said, “And their congregation shall be established before me.”

The words rapture and rape both mean “overcome,” carried away” and derive from the Latin rapio which also means “to carry off,” and usually by force. Also, a person can look upon a beautiful view with rapture, and be ‘carried away” by it, or, they can be enraptured with beautiful woman and look upon her with rape in their heart.

Also, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, “Then we (Christians) which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,”

1 Corinthians 3:18, “If any man among you seems to be wise in this world (age), let him become a fool, that he may be wise.”

Let those who talk too much take care, for the Latin word “follis,” which gave us “fool,” means “a windbag.” Yet there is a more innocent way than this to get the reputation of being foolish. The ancient Greeks called those who didn’t hold public office “idiotes,” and this may be what many of our politicians think of us today.”

Genesis 3:1, “Now the serpent was more subtile than any beast of the field”

The Latin “subtilis” originally meant “finespun,” from sub, “beneath,” and tela, “web.” The devil “weaves” his words into delicate and subtle phrases.
Daniel 9:27, “and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate.”

To the Greeks and Romans omens were signs of things to come, and in this world of ours many dread the future. When we abominate anything, we use the above Latin phrase, for the word is from ab, “away,” and omen, “omen.” Christians are to hate and loathe abominable things, as in idols. They are evil “omens” and we want them to stay “away” from us. We also discover omen in our English word ominous.

I love to obey the Word.

Thanks for that.

[onewithhim]

I love to study words. How many times do we read through the Bible and not get the full impact of certain words. I found this old article that's been on my website for thirty years now. I think you may enjoy it, so I'll post it.

Words
In Christianity, Satan is our enemy. In Hebrew, Satan is “the adversary.” and comes from the root which means “to persecute.” In its earliest sense, Satan referred only to a human adversary and first appeared as the name of a distinct personality in 1 Chronicles 21:1. “And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.”

The devil, in the beginning, meant “slanderer.” Greek is diabolos, while our word angel came from the Greek word angellos meaning “a messenger” or “a herald.” It was through the influence of the Bible that the devil, the angels, and Satan took on the meanings that are now familiar to us. And for the sake of our records, Belial translates from the Hebrew as “worthless” or “wickedness” and Bellzebub meant “God of the flies,” from baal, “god” and zebub, “flies,” for he was the god of the Philistines who could summon or send away the hordes of flies that brought with them the pestilence and the plague.”

The church has many holidays, and in modern-day usage, we make some distinctions between holidays and holy days. The Middle English word “halidai, or holy day is applied to either one, which is not so strange when we consider how many holidays have their origin in some religious observance.

The Middle English period extended roughly from the Norman invasion in 1066 to the time on or about 1500.

There is Easter, once the name of the old Germanic goddess of the dawn and the spring, a name that is connected with the East where the dawn comes up. The festival was celebrated at the time of the spring equinox, and so, by confusion, one of the great Christian holidays bears a pagan name.

Among other special days, there is Halloween and Saint Valentine’s Day.
Halloween stands for, “All-Hollow-Even,” the even of All Saints or All Hallows. The word hallow still survives with us as a verb that means “to make holy” as in the Lord’s Prayer when we say, “Hallowed be Thy name.” According to the old Celtic calendar, the last day in October was New Year’s Eve, but the church imposed All Saint’s Eve on this heathen holiday.

Saint Valentine’s Day is in honor of the Roman Ecclesiastic and Christian martyr who was beheaded in the 3rd century by Emperor Claudius. The practice of sending valentines to persons of the opposite sex grew out of an old belief prevalent even before the time of Chaucer, that the mating season of the birds began on St. Valentine’s Day.

Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet, born in 1343, and died 1400: his most noted work, is the manuscript of the prologue to “The Canterbury Tales.”

The word for "Christmas" derives from an Old English term that dates back to 1038 A.D., "Cristes Maesse." The term means "The mass of Christ," which is evidence of its Catholic roots. "Mass" comes from the Latin missa, and refers to the service of Eucharist, or the Lord's Supper.

The word sabbath, our one holiday in seven, was spelled “shabath” in Hebrew, and meant “rest.”

The word congregation, Latin con., meaning “with,” and grex, meaning “herd,” the flock that is all “herded” together to be led by its pastor or “shepherd,” in the case of Christians, Jesus Christ is, that Shepherd.
Jeremiah 30:20, the LORD said, “And their congregation shall be established before me.”

The words rapture and rape both mean “overcome,” carried away” and derive from the Latin rapio which also means “to carry off,” and usually by force. Also, a person can look upon a beautiful view with rapture, and be ‘carried away” by it, or, they can be enraptured with beautiful woman and look upon her with rape in their heart.

Also, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, “Then we (Christians) which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,”

1 Corinthians 3:18, “If any man among you seems to be wise in this world (age), let him become a fool, that he may be wise.”

Let those who talk too much take care, for the Latin word “follis,” which gave us “fool,” means “a windbag.” Yet there is a more innocent way than this to get the reputation of being foolish. The ancient Greeks called those who didn’t hold public office “idiotes,” and this may be what many of our politicians think of us today.”

Genesis 3:1, “Now the serpent was more subtile than any beast of the field”

The Latin “subtilis” originally meant “finespun,” from sub, “beneath,” and tela, “web.” The devil “weaves” his words into delicate and subtle phrases.
Daniel 9:27, “and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate.”

To the Greeks and Romans omens were signs of things to come, and in this world of ours many dread the future. When we abominate anything, we use the above Latin phrase, for the word is from ab, “away,” and omen, “omen.” Christians are to hate and loathe abominable things, as in idols. They are evil “omens” and we want them to stay “away” from us. We also discover omen in our English word ominous.

I love to obey the Word.

Excuse me, but are you obeying the word when you cause disturbance by threatening people and calling them names? Jesus never did those things.

"When he was being reviled, he did not go reviling in return. When he was suffering, he did not go threatening but kept on committing himself to the one who judges righteously." (I Peter 2:23)

"If possible, as far as it depends upon you, be peaceable with all men." (Romans 12:18)

[placebofactor]

I love to study words. How many times do we read through the Bible and not get the full impact of certain words. I found this old article that's been on my website for thirty years now. I think you may enjoy it, so I'll post it.

Words
In Christianity, Satan is our enemy. In Hebrew, Satan is “the adversary.” and comes from the root which means “to persecute.” In its earliest sense, Satan referred only to a human adversary and first appeared as the name of a distinct personality in 1 Chronicles 21:1. “And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.”

The devil, in the beginning, meant “slanderer.” Greek is diabolos, while our word angel came from the Greek word angellos meaning “a messenger” or “a herald.” It was through the influence of the Bible that the devil, the angels, and Satan took on the meanings that are now familiar to us. And for the sake of our records, Belial translates from the Hebrew as “worthless” or “wickedness” and Bellzebub meant “God of the flies,” from baal, “god” and zebub, “flies,” for he was the god of the Philistines who could summon or send away the hordes of flies that brought with them the pestilence and the plague.”

The church has many holidays, and in modern-day usage, we make some distinctions between holidays and holy days. The Middle English word “halidai, or holy day is applied to either one, which is not so strange when we consider how many holidays have their origin in some religious observance.

The Middle English period extended roughly from the Norman invasion in 1066 to the time on or about 1500.

There is Easter, once the name of the old Germanic goddess of the dawn and the spring, a name that is connected with the East where the dawn comes up. The festival was celebrated at the time of the spring equinox, and so, by confusion, one of the great Christian holidays bears a pagan name.

Among other special days, there is Halloween and Saint Valentine’s Day.
Halloween stands for, “All-Hollow-Even,” the even of All Saints or All Hallows. The word hallow still survives with us as a verb that means “to make holy” as in the Lord’s Prayer when we say, “Hallowed be Thy name.” According to the old Celtic calendar, the last day in October was New Year’s Eve, but the church imposed All Saint’s Eve on this heathen holiday.

Saint Valentine’s Day is in honor of the Roman Ecclesiastic and Christian martyr who was beheaded in the 3rd century by Emperor Claudius. The practice of sending valentines to persons of the opposite sex grew out of an old belief prevalent even before the time of Chaucer, that the mating season of the birds began on St. Valentine’s Day.

Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet, born in 1343, and died 1400: his most noted work, is the manuscript of the prologue to “The Canterbury Tales.”

The word for "Christmas" derives from an Old English term that dates back to 1038 A.D., "Cristes Maesse." The term means "The mass of Christ," which is evidence of its Catholic roots. "Mass" comes from the Latin missa, and refers to the service of Eucharist, or the Lord's Supper.

The word sabbath, our one holiday in seven, was spelled “shabath” in Hebrew, and meant “rest.”

The word congregation, Latin con., meaning “with,” and grex, meaning “herd,” the flock that is all “herded” together to be led by its pastor or “shepherd,” in the case of Christians, Jesus Christ is, that Shepherd.
Jeremiah 30:20, the LORD said, “And their congregation shall be established before me.”

The words rapture and rape both mean “overcome,” carried away” and derive from the Latin rapio which also means “to carry off,” and usually by force. Also, a person can look upon a beautiful view with rapture, and be ‘carried away” by it, or, they can be enraptured with beautiful woman and look upon her with rape in their heart.

Also, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, “Then we (Christians) which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,”

1 Corinthians 3:18, “If any man among you seems to be wise in this world (age), let him become a fool, that he may be wise.”

Let those who talk too much take care, for the Latin word “follis,” which gave us “fool,” means “a windbag.” Yet there is a more innocent way than this to get the reputation of being foolish. The ancient Greeks called those who didn’t hold public office “idiotes,” and this may be what many of our politicians think of us today.”

Genesis 3:1, “Now the serpent was more subtile than any beast of the field”

The Latin “subtilis” originally meant “finespun,” from sub, “beneath,” and tela, “web.” The devil “weaves” his words into delicate and subtle phrases.
Daniel 9:27, “and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate.”

To the Greeks and Romans omens were signs of things to come, and in this world of ours many dread the future. When we abominate anything, we use the above Latin phrase, for the word is from ab, “away,” and omen, “omen.” Christians are to hate and loathe abominable things, as in idols. They are evil “omens” and we want them to stay “away” from us. We also discover omen in our English word ominous.

I love to obey the Word.

Excuse me, but are you obeying the word when you cause disturbance by threatening people and calling them names? Jesus never did those things.

"When he was being reviled, he did not go reviling in return. When he was suffering, he did not go threatening but kept on committing himself to the one who judges righteously." (I Peter 2:23)

"If possible, as far as it depends upon you, be peaceable with all men." (Romans 12:18)

I thought it was a great post. I don't see anyone, or anything being slandered. All the man was doing was giving the meaning to words.

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[Replying to placebofactor in post #8]

To Know in the present tense:

The tense of a verb that expresses action or state in the present time and is used of what occurs or is true at the time of speaking and of what is habitual or characteristic or is always or necessarily true, that is sometimes used to refer to action in the past, and that is sometimes used for future events

To know: To perceive with certainty; to understand clearly; to have a clear and certain perception of truth, fact, or anything that exists.

To have a clear and certain perception; not to be doubtful; to be informed; to take cognizance of to examine.

To know a thing precludes all doubt or uncertainty of its existence. We know what we see with our eyes or perceive by other senses. We know that fire and water are different substances. We have that truth and falsehood express ideas incompatible with each other. We know a circle is not a square. We do not know the truth of certain reports, nor can we always know what to believe.

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I love to study words. How many times do we read through the Bible and not get the full impact of certain words. I found this old article that's been on my website for thirty years now. I think you may enjoy it, so I'll post it.

Words
In Christianity, Satan is our enemy. In Hebrew, Satan is “the adversary.” and comes from the root which means “to persecute.” In its earliest sense, Satan referred only to a human adversary and first appeared as the name of a distinct personality in 1 Chronicles 21:1. “And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.”

The devil, in the beginning, meant “slanderer.” Greek is diabolos, while our word angel came from the Greek word angellos meaning “a messenger” or “a herald.” It was through the influence of the Bible that the devil, the angels, and Satan took on the meanings that are now familiar to us. And for the sake of our records, Belial translates from the Hebrew as “worthless” or “wickedness” and Bellzebub meant “God of the flies,” from baal, “god” and zebub, “flies,” for he was the god of the Philistines who could summon or send away the hordes of flies that brought with them the pestilence and the plague.”

The church has many holidays, and in modern-day usage, we make some distinctions between holidays and holy days. The Middle English word “halidai, or holy day is applied to either one, which is not so strange when we consider how many holidays have their origin in some religious observance.

The Middle English period extended roughly from the Norman invasion in 1066 to the time on or about 1500.

There is Easter, once the name of the old Germanic goddess of the dawn and the spring, a name that is connected with the East where the dawn comes up. The festival was celebrated at the time of the spring equinox, and so, by confusion, one of the great Christian holidays bears a pagan name.

Among other special days, there is Halloween and Saint Valentine’s Day.
Halloween stands for, “All-Hollow-Even,” the even of All Saints or All Hallows. The word hallow still survives with us as a verb that means “to make holy” as in the Lord’s Prayer when we say, “Hallowed be Thy name.” According to the old Celtic calendar, the last day in October was New Year’s Eve, but the church imposed All Saint’s Eve on this heathen holiday.

Saint Valentine’s Day is in honor of the Roman Ecclesiastic and Christian martyr who was beheaded in the 3rd century by Emperor Claudius. The practice of sending valentines to persons of the opposite sex grew out of an old belief prevalent even before the time of Chaucer, that the mating season of the birds began on St. Valentine’s Day.

Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet, born in 1343, and died 1400: his most noted work, is the manuscript of the prologue to “The Canterbury Tales.”

The word for "Christmas" derives from an Old English term that dates back to 1038 A.D., "Cristes Maesse." The term means "The mass of Christ," which is evidence of its Catholic roots. "Mass" comes from the Latin missa, and refers to the service of Eucharist, or the Lord's Supper.

The word sabbath, our one holiday in seven, was spelled “shabath” in Hebrew, and meant “rest.”

The word congregation, Latin con., meaning “with,” and grex, meaning “herd,” the flock that is all “herded” together to be led by its pastor or “shepherd,” in the case of Christians, Jesus Christ is, that Shepherd.
Jeremiah 30:20, the LORD said, “And their congregation shall be established before me.”

The words rapture and rape both mean “overcome,” carried away” and derive from the Latin rapio which also means “to carry off,” and usually by force. Also, a person can look upon a beautiful view with rapture, and be ‘carried away” by it, or, they can be enraptured with beautiful woman and look upon her with rape in their heart.

Also, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, “Then we (Christians) which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,”

1 Corinthians 3:18, “If any man among you seems to be wise in this world (age), let him become a fool, that he may be wise.”

Let those who talk too much take care, for the Latin word “follis,” which gave us “fool,” means “a windbag.” Yet there is a more innocent way than this to get the reputation of being foolish. The ancient Greeks called those who didn’t hold public office “idiotes,” and this may be what many of our politicians think of us today.”

Genesis 3:1, “Now the serpent was more subtile than any beast of the field”

The Latin “subtilis” originally meant “finespun,” from sub, “beneath,” and tela, “web.” The devil “weaves” his words into delicate and subtle phrases.
Daniel 9:27, “and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate.”

To the Greeks and Romans omens were signs of things to come, and in this world of ours many dread the future. When we abominate anything, we use the above Latin phrase, for the word is from ab, “away,” and omen, “omen.” Christians are to hate and loathe abominable things, as in idols. They are evil “omens” and we want them to stay “away” from us. We also discover omen in our English word ominous.

I love to obey the Word.

Excuse me, but are you obeying the word when you cause disturbance by threatening people and calling them names? Jesus never did those things.

"When he was being reviled, he did not go reviling in return. When he was suffering, he did not go threatening but kept on committing himself to the one who judges righteously." (I Peter 2:23)

"If possible, as far as it depends upon you, be peaceable with all men." (Romans 12:18)

I thought it was a great post. I don't see anyone, or anything being slandered. All the man was doing was giving the meaning to words.

I apologize. What I wrote above was really for slowrider. Didn't mean for there to be any misunderstanding.