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crisoft
Romania
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 Posted - 11 Jul 2008 : 11:49:59
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Hello!
I'm still studying the Gospel of John in the original Greek and I saw that many translators render Μονογενής as "the Unique" or "only". Shouldn't this mean "only (Μονο)-begoten(γενής)"?
Thanks
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George
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Posted - 11 Jul 2008 : 12:16:15
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I've seen "only", but for the first time now I learn that there is a "unique" translation. Of course, the most usual (and accurate) is only-begotten, as you say. |
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crisoft
Romania
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Posted - 11 Jul 2008 : 12:51:10
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Ok, thank you. Well, the "unique" one I found in dictionaries, not in actual Bible translations (where we find "only"). But some dictionaries don't even mention "only-begotten". So that seemed strange. |
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Μονογενής - "Only-Begotten" or "Unique"
