I suppose, if Hebrew was the original language of the NT it would have to have been Hebrew, not Greek.
Not sure I quite follow all this but this might be useful
101 Translations of John 1:1 "...and the Word was God." It talks of
Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha, The: Bereshis (In the Beginning) was the Dvar Hashem (YESHAYAH 55:11; BERE**** 1:1), and the Dvar Hasem was agav (along with) Hashem (MISHLE 8:30; 30:4),
and the Dvar Hashem was nothing less, by nature, than Elohim! (TEHILLIM 56:11(10); yn17:5; Rev. 19:13).
Umm... that was just 101 translations to John 1:1.
The translation error is Genesis 1:1
Keep in mind that was the KJV. Words have different meanings back then...
To "replenish" something means to fill it. So Adam and Eve were told only to fill the earth, not refill it. We can see this is true in both the dictionary definition and in each of the seven times replenish is used in the Bible.
In order to understand a classical English word from the King James Bible, we should use a classical English dictionary, like Noah Webster's 1828 dictionary. Here is how it defines the word "replenish".
Here is the dictionary definition of replenish:
To fill; to stock with numbers or abundance. The magazines are replenished with corn. The springs are replenished with water.
Multiply, and replenish the earth, Genesis 1.
There are 7 Bible verses that use the word replenish or replenished. Each time it is used in the Bible, it means fill or filled:
[I won't waste space posting all of them you can read them for yourself later] (
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Most modern day translations say "fill" b/c it is a more accurate translation for our modern day language and it more accurately communicates what God was saying. Replenish worked for classical English like in King James day but it does not as much today, however when we look at the above and understand the language differences, it's easier to understand.
You might find this article interesting about translation errors
Have the original words been lost? and
Have the original words been lost?
First I'll talk about your dictionary definition.
I've read a lot of dictionaries in my life and each one has been a little different, some more detailed than others. My personal favorite are the Collegiate Dictionaries, they have the most detailed definitions. I once looked up the word paradise in a dictionary and it said among the many other definitions "a resting place for the departed spirits." I thought oh wow that is pretty cool, then I went and looked it up in another dictionary and it simply stated any happy place. It was a very simple dictionary.
Was this Noah Websters 1828 a collegiate dictionary or a simple dictionary?
Another thought on that.
Can you show me what the definition of refill is in this Noah Webster's dictionary 1828?
Interestingly enough, there are many dictionaries around today (simple dictionaries) that simply say the definition of replenish is fill
Does refill mean to fill? Yes. Is replenish another word for refill? Yes, and
I am quite certain it was the same back in 1828.
It only says the word replenish 7 times in the Bible? One of these days I'm gonna buy me a Strongs Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible. That book is awesome. Some pastor once showed me one and I've drooled over it ever since. It mentions every time it says the word the in "the" bible and has references to them all.As well as every other word in the entire Bible. Its amazing.
The 7 times you are talking about were...
1. Replenish the earth
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
2
Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
3. Replenished from the east
Isaiah 2:6
Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
4. Replenished every sorrowful soul
Jeremiah 31:25
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
5. Tyrus (Tyre) Replenished by merchants
Isaiah 23:2
Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
6
Ezekiel 26:2
Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
7
Ezekiel 27:25
The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
In every one of those, except the first one, I can clearly see the word replenish meaning (to refill, nourish, or restore.)
#3 was interesting "being replenished by the east."What was east of Jerusalem? Babylon (the great symbol of worldliness) when they got tired and life got them down, where did they turn to instead of God to get them re-energized and refueled and ready to take on another day? The world.
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Another translation error was the word create I'll quote something from another thread.
"The English word "create" is one of those. The english word "create" should not be in the Bible, it is a mistranslation. "Creationists" have been duped by a translation error.
Hebrew Word Studies
Child Root (Branches of the Tree)Pronunciation: "Qa-NeH"
Meaning: To build a nest.
Comments: This child root is a nest builder, one who builds a nest such as a bird. Also God as in Bereshiyt (Genesis) 14.19; "God most high creator (qaneh) of sky and earth". The English word "create" is an abstract word and a foriegn concept to the Hebrews. While we see God as one who makes something from nothing (create), the Hebrews saw God like a bird who goes about acquiring and gathering materials to build a nest (qen), the sky and earth. The Hebrews saw man as the children (eggs) that God built the nest for.
The English word "create" is an abstract word and a foriegn concept to the Hebrews.
and should therefore NOT be in the Bible.
Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
bara'
1) to create, shape, form
a) (Qal) to shape, fashion, create (always with God as subject)
The Greek NT word:
Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
ktizō
1) to make habitable, to people, a place, region, island
a) to found a city, colony, state
2) to create
a) of God creating the worlds
b) to form, shape, i.e. to completely change or transform
Both Greek and Hebrew words do not mean to make something from nothing. The word means form, shape, change, to make habitable.
So the Bible does not teach "something from nothing" nor does it teach that Eden was the first creation."
