Idioms and meaning

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In understanding the meaning of the GNT (Greek New Testament), one will often hear about the difference between Classic Greek and the Koine Greek spoken at the time of Jesus and how they are different.

Some differences are explained away by calling the phrase or word an "idiom". Idioms have their place in every language.
However, when the Classic Greek definition of a word fits the context of the GNT better than, say, any idiom might, the ancient Greek meaning of the word might be the appropriate meaning.

Some will use the "idiot" excuse, I mean the "idiom" excuse, to explain away the meaning they want the word to have rather than searching, in the context of the text, the meaning it most likely has.

Let us investigate.

Many idioms or sayings become popular out of nowhere and then disappear into the ravages of time. Hieroglyphics were known at one time, but once forgotten, it took a while to recover their meaning.

A local idiom at a Dallas high school in the 1920's would have been lost to history except for a chance of fate.

That idiom was "What's up doc?". One of those high school students got a job at Disney studios in California, kept calling everyone "doc", etc., and those sayings were adopted as part of the character of Bugs Bunny.

An "idiom" can be defined as a word or phrase that has a meaning not directly obtained from the word or phrase using the usual meaning of that word or words (in the phrase).

Many idioms do make sense from the word or words what the etymology is known. Otherwise, an etymology might be inferred.

Here are some common English idioms.

understand
beat around the bush
raining cats and dogs
spill the beans
sit on the fence
break a leg

Which meanings might be inferred from the meanings of the word or words?

Do you get my drift?

There are some idioms or sayings that come from the GNT.

cast the first stone
light of the world

The English word "idiom" comps, through French and Latin, from the ancient Greek word "ἰδίωμα " ≈ "peculiarity, unique feature" which comes from the ancient Greek word "ἴδιος" ≈ "own, private" as in "pertaining to one's self".

The English word "idiot" comes, through French and Latin, from the ancient Greek word "ἰδιώτης" ≈ "private citizen, layperson" which comes from the ancient Greek word "ἴδιος" ≈ "own, private" as in "pertaining to one's self".

One person's "idiom" is another person's "id-10-t".

In the technology field, end-users will often do things you never thought possible. This can be a source of frustration for IT (Information Technology) support workers. The most common error by the user is sometimes called an "id-ten-t" error by people in the field.

You might find the setting # user=Id-Ten-T in a config file. The term "id-ten-t" is short for "id10t" and can be written as "ID10T". This lets other technicians know the source of the problem.

More: Not thinking about an idiot being a layperson

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