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The History of Words

This originally appeared as an email delivered on
Saturday, June 18th, 2011.

Knowing the history of words can help you understand
the nature of its definition. The study of the history of
words is called Etymology.

A good etymological dictionary can reveal good information
about how words evolved over time. With a Bible 400 years old
this is often useful.

If you don’t have the money or resources to buy a shelf of
etymological dictionaries you can try this one:

http://www.etymonline.com

It compiles etymologies from dozens of sources including
those at Oxford and Cambridge. It will get you started.

It’s from etymologies that we learn that “gay” used in
James 2:3 once meant something different than we
are now familiar.

For His glory,

Justin Curtis Johnson

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