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(Psalm 139:18) Feminine God?
עִמָּֽךְ contains the pausal form of the 2nd person, masculine gender, singular number (2ms) pronominal suffix. This form is identical to the 2nd person, feminine gender, singular number (2fs) ...
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Are the Ten Commandments directed toward a masculine audience?
The article is absolutely wrong to infer anything about the intended gender of the audience by the gender of the verbs alone, for the simple reason that in Hebrew, all written and oral addresses to ...
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(Isaiah 3:12)’s declaration that women would rule over Jerusalem & Judah suggests that men became irresponsible and/or negligent about leadership jobs
The word "women" may not have been in the original Hebrew text. The Septuagint diverges greatly from the Masoretic Text, which was compiled several hundred years after the Septuagint:
O my ...
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Did Paul prohibit a woman from being an elder of a church?
Can a woman be an elder of a church?
The apostle Paul was inspired to write the words at 1 Timothy 2:12 which help to clarify the matter:
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority ...
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Are the Ten Commandments directed toward a masculine audience?
The last of the traditional Ten Commandments says in Exodus 20:17 (NKJV):
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female ...
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Isaiah 5:14 - Sheol/Hell personified as a woman?
The definition of the individual word matters, but we must also see how it is used in context of the scriptures. When we go back to the first vs of this chapter it becomes apparent that Israel was the ...
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Are only Males (Men) made in the image of God and not Women?
Are only Males (Man) made in the image of God and not Women?
Well, Yes and also no.
I used to be in agreement with the other commenters that man in verse 1:26 should be understood asexually as ...
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Hebrew of Psalm 82:8 - Gender Mismatch?
Those two qal imperatives aren't feminine. They are 2nd person, masculine, singular. See quote from Gesenius below, that explains the ה ending.
In the imperative with afformatives (קוּ֫מִי, קוּ֫מוּ) ...
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What is the connection between Christ being man’s head and man being woman’s head?
The Greek word that was translated “woman” here is “GUNE,” and it means “a woman, specially, a wife” (Strong’s Concordance). This word was translated “wife” or “wives” 92 times in the New Testament. ...
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In Ecclesiastes 7:28 why are there no upright women?
What the text says, and the author is quite clear to point this out by referring to himself in the third person (the only occasion, apart from 1:1, that he does this) and then saying 'I (have not) ...
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Why were men more valuable than women in Leviticus 27:3-8?
Because - in a primarily agricultural society - the burden of work fell upon the men. That was the basis of pricing.
This answer by Got Questions (https://www.gotquestions.org/redemption-price.html) ...
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Which law was Paul referring to in 1 Corinthians 14:34?
In Leviticus there is no law requesting that women should be quiet. In Jewish literature there are also no laws requiring women to be silent in a synagogue, probably because women were usually ...
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(Isaiah 51:9) Feminine God in Exile
The answer is that the Hebrew word for arm זְרֹע is a female noun, regardless of who's arm it is. If I were to use the words זרע יצחק meaning Isaac's arm, it would still be a female noun. The word ...
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Will everyone be gender-neutral in Heaven, and if so, does that mean that sex was designed to be a temporary thing?
They will neither marry, nor be given in marriage. But there is a marriage union, for the Lamb and his wife are married, a spiritual union that is eternal. Christ and his Bride: the Head and the Body, ...
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Are only Males (Men) made in the image of God and not Women?
Biblically speaking, the answer to this question is quite simple: No.
Both males and females were created in the image of God.
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created ...
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Does John 14:26 explicitly use masculine terms for the Holy Spirit? Do other verses?
Grammar and Syntax
The answer to the this question depends on whether one is talking about the Hebrew or the Greek
Hebrew - The Hebrew word for "Spirit" is רוּחַ (ruach), which is feminine
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Does John 14:26 explicitly use masculine terms for the Holy Spirit? Do other verses?
Does John 14:26 explicitly use masculine terms for the Holy Spirit?
ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 14:26
1881 Westcott-Hort New Testament
26 ο δε παρακλητος το πνευμα το αγιον ο πεμψει ο πατηρ εν τω ονοματι
μου ...
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Which law was Paul referring to in 1 Corinthians 14:34?
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law.
The first thing to note is that in Greek, ...
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explain the meaning of the "menstrual cloth" in Isaiah 30:22
Let's add some context. Here is Isaiah 13.18-23 (LEB)
Therefore Yahweh waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he will
rise up to show you mercy, for Yahweh is a God of justice; blessed are
all ...
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( Romans 1:26 ) firstly associating women, and then secondly only mentions men in the sin of homosexuality
I don't think this is the proper reading of the passage.
Wherefore God gave them up to the desires of their heart, unto uncleanness, to dishonour their own bodies among themselves. 25 Who changed the ...
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(Isaiah 3:12)’s declaration that women would rule over Jerusalem & Judah suggests that men became irresponsible and/or negligent about leadership jobs
I suggest that the first half of the verse is explained by the second half of the verse. That is, the declaration that children and women ARE ruling the people is not a future prediction, but another ...
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The gender of the Hebrew word Spirit in Hebrew English Interlinear
The Hebrew "construct" state occurs when there are two nouns in succession: the first noun is in the construct state and the second noun in the absolute state with an "of" between ...
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Does Genesis 6:2, imply that angels can have sex?
Short Answer: The available information primarily indicates that they engaged in sexual relations with women. The details regarding the mechanics or "circumstances" of these encounters are ...
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Which hermeneutical trump card wins in 1 Timothy: audience, cultural context, historical reference, or translation?
I confess I see hermeneutics as more of a jigsaw and less of a card game--it’s not so much about playing a trump card as it is about putting together the pieces.
While I do believe each of the ...
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In 1 Peter 3:7, why does Peter refer to the wives as weaker?
Peter's expression is mainly a circumstancial one and not an ontological statement. If I may, I share here an article I wrote about the expression "the weaker vessel", applied to women/wives,...
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