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Pastor, Are You Making These Common Lexical Mistakes?

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Bible, Theology & Philosophy
Language
Biblical Languages
Bible Interpretation
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“words in isolation communicate a general broad concept (a semantic range)…. But when that word is placed in a context—voila!—that broad concept suddenly has been narrowed down by the context into a specific meaning that can be translated with a gloss.” - Word by Word

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