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And the many cases in the KJV are Hebraisms, for the NT Hebraisms through Greek.
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The Septuagint is full of idiosyncratic Hebraisms which are often quite charming but not the best representative of the majority of Koine texts.
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I did not find it easy to follow the Aramaic which was mixed with unnecessary Hebraisms.
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I did not find it easy to follow the Aramaic which was mixed with unnecessary Hebraisms.
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If in the former way, then he is a Spirit who himself prayeth, and, according to the import of those Hebraisms, aboundeth in that duty.
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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Tyndale, speaking of the Hebraisms in the Greek Testament, asks his critics to
Early Theories of Translation Flora Ross Amos
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The Hebraisms are kept, and the phraseology of that language is retained.
English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee
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This section is free from such notable Hebraisms as we have just dealt with, and no convincing grounds have been advanced to prove that it is a translation from a Semitic original.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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There are hardly any unquestionable Aramaisms which can neither be found in other books nor regarded as Hebraisms, which perchance have survived only in Ecclesiastes (for a detailed demonstration cf. the present writer's Commentary, pp. 23-31).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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The vocabulary of Jude proves that the author was a Jew, saturated with the Old Testament, using Hebraisms, yet acquainted with the koine dialektos -- the "common dialect".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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