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In Christianity, the Greek word rhema is useful to distinguish between two meanings of word. While both rhema and logos are translated into the English word, in the original Greek there was a substantial distinction. Some modern usage distinguishes rhema from logos in Christian theology, with rhema at times called "spoken word", [9] referring ...
The word logos has been used in different senses along with rhema. Both Plato and Aristotle used the term logos along with rhema to refer to sentences and propositions. [67] [68] The Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek uses the terms rhema and logos as equivalents and uses both for the Hebrew word dabar, as the Word of God ...
While both rhema and logos are translated into the English ' word ', in the original Greek there was a substantial distinction.The use of the term rhema has special significance in some Christian groups, especially those advocating the Five-Fold Ministry that God gave of five gifts (Ephesians 4:11) or callings to some people.
The word dabar (Hebrew: דָּבָר) means "word", "talk" or "thing" in Hebrew. [1] [2] Dabar occurs in various contexts in the Hebrew Bible. The Septuagint, the oldest translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, uses the terms rhema and logos as equivalents and uses both for dabar. [3] [4]
The Koine Greek term logos is translated in the Vulgate with the Latin verbum. Both logos and verbum are used to translate דבר in the Hebrew Bible. The translation of the last four words of John 1:1 (θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος) has been a particular topic of debate in Western Christianity in the modern period.
These include ethos, pathos, and logos, all three of which appear in Aristotle's Rhetoric. [1] Together with those three modes of persuasion, there is also a fourth term, kairos (Ancient Greek: καιρός), which is related to the “moment” that the speech is going to be held. [2]
Rhema is also translated as word in English. The Greek words Rhema and Logos come in handy to distinguish between the definitive word of God and the personal word of God. Alan347 11:38, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
logos λόγος: reason, explanation, word, argument. Also, the ordering principle in the kosmos. logos spermatikos λόγος σπερματικός: the generative principle of the Universe which creates and takes back all things.