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What is the greek word for God that can be translated as Brigebuilder ?

I remember studying this in high school(parochial

), but I cannot for the life of me remember the actual word

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  • Lark
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    The Greek word for God is "theos."

    It's the root word for "theology" and "theocracy."

    ~ Pax (peace)

  • Yoda
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    One of the earliest philosophical texts of the Classical Greek period to deal with etymology was the Socratic dialogue Cratylus (c. 360 BC) by Plato. During much of the dialogue, Socrates makes guesses as to the origins of many words, including the names of the gods. In his Odes Pindar spins complimentary etymologies to flatter his patrons. Plutarch (Life of Numa Pompilius) spins an etymology for pontifex ("bridge-builder"):

    the priests, called Pontifices.... have the name of Pontifices from potens, powerful, because they attend the service of the gods, who have power and command over all. Others make the word refer to exceptions of impossible cases; the priests were to perform all the duties possible to them; if any thing lay beyond their power, the exception was not to be cavilled at. The most common opinion is the most absurd, which derives this word from pons, and assigns the priests the title of bridge-makers. The sacrifices performed on the bridge were amongst the most sacred and ancient, and the keeping and repairing of the bridge attached, like any other public sacred office, to the priesthood.

    The term bridge builder in relation to Jesus is clearly shown in Ephesians 2:14

    14For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16and in this one body to reconcile both

    Jesus told the Devil: Man does not live off bread alone but from every word from the mouth of God.

    Ergo it is Jesus' teachings that bridge the gap between the mind and the spiritual Soul of man.

  • actually the Greek word for God was Alpha which is symbolized as the letter "A"

    but if God really is An angel of the LORD (Ex. 3.14) and God is the Soveriegn lord and the soveriegn lord is the king, that would make God the king of the angels. Which the bible says Is Abaddon (rev. 9.11.).

    so what figure in history fits both the symbolization of Abaddon and A?

    i do beleive i fit the description because

    A= a form of .I7 mixed up and sealed together

    =.seventeen mixed up and sealed together

    =Stevens.n (ie Stevenson)

    if your S=e+e(upside down)) and .=o

    and that Stevenson is

    A(DI(sealed together))add on = Abaddon.

    this corresponds to the Hebrew equivalent because Greek and Hebrew mean the same person and

    a times new roman font APOLLYON =

    AID nu TilL TilL IV ON i

    where TilL TilL IV = I IIII

    which is mean because under my DI (sealed together) = IIII I which is a I IIII sealed together when viewed from above.

    so whether Greek, Hebrew or even their italian masters word DIO(DIO=DI.nu=DI on you), all three words really are a description of Me, thus making the bible verse true that the word existed before God and God became the Word.

    and i never built a bridge, but many roads, sewers and waterlines, a sewage lagoon, as the infrastructure dollars kept me rolling in cash until a rumour surfaces that organized crime controlloed the industry at which point i had to quit in order to keep God pure.

    Source(s): bible and the marks on my arm. from Todd Stevens.n
  • "Alpha" is used to represent, but not translate, "beginning". It does not translate as "God" any more than "Omega" does. "Theos" is the Greek word for "God" and "El", "Eloha", or "Elohim" are translated as "God" in Hebrew. "Aleph" (the Hebrew word for "A") is the first letter of "Elohim". "Alpha" is the first letter of the Greek word "adonai", meaning "Lord", but this is not what is meant by the Scriptures that call Jesus and God the "Alpha and the Omega". Alpha and Omega are simply the beginning and the end of the Greek alphabet and represent the beginning and end by means of it.

    Pontifix is not found in the Bible, but it is what is translated as "bridgebuilder". As Demiurge said, it's Latin, not Greek.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Demiurge

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Pontifex pl. Pontifices...

    Not Greek, but Latin, and it does not refer to God...

  • 1 decade ago

    gritnongofreakhetreddydinggoo or somthing like that

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    golden gate.

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