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- noun A
lingua franca . - noun A
regional language that becomesstandard over time.
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Examples
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No honest critic able to read the koine original could resist the conclusion that Tyndale throughout transcends his proof-text original ms to a sublime degree.
David Teems: The Other English William David Teems 2012
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No honest critic able to read the koine original could resist the conclusion that Tyndale throughout transcends his proof-text original ms to a sublime degree.
David Teems: The Other English William David Teems 2012
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No honest critic able to read the koine original could resist the conclusion that Tyndale throughout transcends his proof-text original ms to a sublime degree.
David Teems: The Other English William David Teems 2012
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No honest critic able to read the koine original could resist the conclusion that Tyndale throughout transcends his proof-text original ms to a sublime degree.
David Teems: The Other English William David Teems 2012
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But then, that's a translation from the koine, so maybe it doesn't count.
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This difference in terms is known in classical Greek, but not in the koine Greek of the New Testament.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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This difference in terms is known in classical Greek, but not in the koine Greek of the New Testament.
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In koine Greek, the Greek of the New Testament, the word for rock is petra, a feminine.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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As to whether it is ancient or modern or koine, I cannot say.
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In koine Greek, the Greek of the New Testament, the word for rock is petra, a feminine.
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