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Originally Posted by shakran
If by narrow you mean accurate, then thank you, we shall.  |
Definitions change all the time. There are no inherently accurate word usages, just ones that better correspond to the most popular usages of the day.
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Originally Posted by willravel
Well if you need to decide what a word means, it must be defined. I usually just go to the dictionary for such things.
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But if the Bible's using the word in a different way than that listed in the dictionary, then referencing the dictionary is a mistake. The dictionary isn't necessarily helpful here.