We have also excluded loanwords derived from Semitic languages from our list, for, as with place names, loanwords cannot tell us about a possible Semitic Ur-text underlying the Synoptic Gospels. Place names and personal names would greatly increase the number of transliterations in our list, but since such names normally retain their pronunciations when crossing from one language to another, they are less relevant when considering a possible Hebrew or Aramaic Ur-text that stands behind the Synoptic Gospels. Since modern translations of the Bible tend to hide these transliterated words, most readers are not aware of how many transliterated words there are in the Synoptic Gospels.īelow we have collected all the transliterated words in the Synoptic Gospels with the exception of personal names and toponyms. One of the clues that the Synoptic Gospels descended from a Hebrew Life of Yeshua is the number of foreign words that were transliterated into Greek from either Hebrew or Aramaic (it is often impossible to distinguish Hebrew from Aramaic in Greek transliteration). This makes sense since Yeshua’s teaching was probably delivered in Hebrew, and according to early church traditions the earliest record of Yeshua’s life was written in Hebrew. BivinĪlthough the canonical Gospels were composed in Greek, there are indications that they drew from non-Greek sources. Greek Transliterations of Hebrew, Aramaic and Hebrew/Aramaic Words in the Synoptic Gospels By Joshua N. For 20 years, has been devoted to producing in-depth articles on the Synoptic Gospels and the land, language, culture and teachings of Jesus. This article is republished with permission from Jerusalem Perspective. Democratic Republic of the Congo (W) +242.It is used 31 times in the New Testament and only in those two chapters, in which Timothy and Titus are told to appoint elders and deacons in Ephesus and Crete, is diakonos transliterated to 'deacon' rather than translated as 'servant. Democratic Republic of the Congo (E) +242 English, Hebrew, and Greek words from the Bible that have been left untranslated.
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