Today there are over 450 English Bible versions because various methods were / are used to translated. Most of the versions were translated using one of the following methods.
- Word-for-Word (Format Equivalence): Aims for literal accuracy by prioritising the original grammar and vocabulary.
- Thought-for-Thought (Dynamic Equivalence): Focuses on conveying the original author’s intent and meaning in natural, contemporary English.
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Below is a KJV verse which is analysed using Strong’s Exhaustive Concordence<-What’s this? Click .
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eat thereof thou shalt surely die, Gen 2:17.
Let’s apply this tool to the above verse.
This verse translates self-Existent or Eternal (yᵊhōvâ) the supreme God (‘ĕlōhîm) instruction recorded in Hebrew, given below.
ʿēṣ daʿaṯ ṭôḇ raʿ lō’ āḵal min kî yôm ‘āḵal mûṯ mûṯ
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance translates the above verse to English as
[ʿēṣ] The tree [daʿaṯ] knowledge [ṭôḇ] good:—beautiful, best, better, cheerful, at ease [raʿ] evil (natural or moral):—adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease, displeasure, distress [lō’] not [‘āḵal] to eat:—consume [min] from, [kî] certainly [yôm] time, day [‘āḵal] eat:—consume [min] from [mûṯ] die [mûṯ] die.
The Eternal, the supreme God instructs the knowledge (daʿaṯ) good (ṭôḇ) evil (raʿ) eat:—consume (‘āḵal) from the time (yôm) die (mûṯ) die:—(put to, worthy of) death (mûṯ)
The Eternal, the supreme God says those choose to live good (ṭôḇ) evil (raʿ) will die twice.
But in this verse in KJV, the 1st Hebrew word [mûṯ] is translated as “surely“. This is erroneous. And the 2nd Hebrew word [mûṯ] is translated as die.
WHY?
mûṯ in Hebrew alphabet is מוּת. Google translates this word to English DEATH.
The Eternal, the supreme God says those choose to live good (ṭôḇ) evil (raʿ) will die twice, this is only possible, these ones die then brought back to life to put to death.
The Eternal, the supreme God judgement on all who live Adam’s way will be 1stmûṯ 2ndmûṯ
Contrariwise [basileuō] rule one [thanatos] death from Adam as far as Moses even over one not [hamartanō] miss the mark i.e. to err after the resemblance the violation Adam who is [typos] resemblance, i.e. a model one [mellō] intend i.e. be about to be, Rom 5:14, Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance.
This is the 1st (thanatos) death. A person dies 1st death when the person’s vital organs stop functioning. The spiritual condition of the demise has nothing to with this death.
The Eternal, the supreme God admonished All human beings through father, Adam, recorded in Gen 2:17, those eat:—consume (‘āḵal) the knowledge (daʿaṯ) good (ṭôḇ) evil (raʿ) eat:—consume (‘āḵal) from the time (yôm) die (mûṯ) die:—(put to, worthy of) death (mûṯ).
Almost ALL transitions omit 2nd mûṯ in this verse except YLT (translating this word as dying; “ and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it — dying (mûṯ) thou dost die (mûṯ ).”)
This word (mûṯ) is erroneously translated as dying.
In the 66th book of the Bible, Disclosure (Revelation) Jesus Christ, the supreme Authority Jesus discloses the 2nd death (mûṯ) is a death sentence.
[makarios] supremely blest and [hagios] sacred one [echō] to hold a share in the [anastasis resurrection from death:—raised to life again the foremost upon [toutōn] of these persons the death the second not [echō] to hold power …, Rev 20:6, Strong’s Exhaustive Concordence<-What’s this? Click. .
Those supremely blessed (makarios) and sacred (hagios) will not die the 2nd death.
The rest who have cutoff themselves from God like Adam and Eve, living a life of Gen 2:17 will be sentence to 2nd death.
It indeed [opsōnion] soldier stipend or pay it [hamartia] offence [thanatos] death …, Rom 6:23, Strong’s Exhaustive Concordence<-What’s this? Click.
Those living as per Gen 2:17 have earned (opsōnion) death.
Below is a KJV verse which is analysed using Strong’s Exhaustive Concordence<-What’s this? Click .
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eat thereof thou shalt surely die, Gen 2:17.
Let’s apply this tool to the above verse.
This verse translates self-Existent or Eternal (yᵊhōvâ) the supreme God (‘ĕlōhîm) instruction recorded in Hebrew, given below.
ʿēṣ daʿaṯ ṭôḇ raʿ lō’ āḵal min kî yôm ‘āḵal mûṯ mûṯ
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance translates the above verse to English as
[ʿēṣ] The tree [daʿaṯ] knowledge [ṭôḇ] good:—beautiful, best, better, cheerful, at ease [raʿ] evil (natural or moral):—adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease, displeasure, distress [lō’] not [‘āḵal] to eat:—consume [min] from, [kî] certainly [yôm] time, day [‘āḵal] eat:—consume [min] from [mûṯ] die [mûṯ] die.
The Eternal, the supreme God instructs the knowledge (daʿaṯ) good (ṭôḇ) evil (raʿ) eat:—consume (‘āḵal) from the time (yôm) die (mûṯ) die:—(put to, worthy of) death (mûṯ)
The Eternal, the supreme God says those choose to live good (ṭôḇ) evil (raʿ) will die twice.
But in this verse in KJV, the 1st Hebrew word [mûṯ] is translated as “surely“. This is erroneous. And the 2nd Hebrew word [mûṯ] is translated as die.
WHY?
mûṯ in Hebrew alphabet is מוּת. Google translates this word to English DEATH.
The Eternal, the supreme God says those choose to live good (ṭôḇ) evil (raʿ) will die twice, this is only possible, these ones die then brought back to life to put to death.
The Eternal, the supreme God judgement on all who live Adam’s way will be 1stmûṯ 2ndmûṯ
Contrariwise [basileuō] rule one [thanatos] death from Adam as far as Moses even over one not [hamartanō] miss the mark i.e. to err after the resemblance the violation Adam who is [typos] resemblance, i.e. a model one [mellō] intend i.e. be about to be, Rom 5:14, Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance.
This is the 1st (thanatos) death. A person dies 1st death when the person’s vital organs stop functioning. The spiritual condition of the demise has nothing to with this death.
The Eternal, the supreme God admonished All human beings through father, Adam, recorded in Gen 2:17, those eat:—consume (‘āḵal) the knowledge (daʿaṯ) good (ṭôḇ) evil (raʿ) eat:—consume (‘āḵal) from the time (yôm) die (mûṯ) die:—(put to, worthy of) death (mûṯ).
Almost ALL transitions omit 2nd mûṯ in this verse except YLT (translating this word as dying; “ and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it — dying (mûṯ) thou dost die (mûṯ ).”)
This word (mûṯ) is erroneously translated as dying.
In the 66th book of the Bible, Disclosure (Revelation) Jesus Christ, the supreme Authority Jesus discloses the 2nd death (mûṯ) is a death sentence.
[makarios] supremely blest and [hagios] sacred one [echō] to hold a share in the [anastasis resurrection from death:—raised to life again the foremost upon [toutōn] of these persons the death the second not [echō] to hold power …, Rev 20:6, Strong’s Exhaustive Concordence<-What’s this? Click. .
Those supremely blessed (makarios) and sacred (hagios) will not die the 2nd death.
The rest who have cutoff themselves from God like Adam and Eve, living a life of Gen 2:17 will be sentence to 2nd death.
It indeed [opsōnion] soldier stipend or pay it [hamartia] offence [thanatos] death …, Rom 6:23, Strong’s Exhaustive Concordence<-What’s this? Click.
Those living as per Gen 2:17 have earned (opsōnion) death.
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Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
Between 1822–1894, James Strong, American Methodist theologian and professor compiled the Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, published in 1890. He led a team to index every word in the King James Version (KJV) and developed a numbering system for Hebrew and Greek roots, known as “Strong’s Numbers“.The book is incredibly effective due to its “Strong’s Numbering System,” which assigns a unique reference number to every original-language root word in the Bible:
- Old Testament: Hebrew and Aramaic words are numbered from 1 to 8,674.
- New Testament: Greek words are numbered from 1 to 5,624.
Bethink
Bethink is an older or literary verb meaning to think about, consider, or remind oneself of something. It is most frequently used reflexively (e.g., “to bethink oneself”).Bethink is the act of consciously reminding oneself or taking the time to ponder and reflect on a specific matter.