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Question: Is the phrase "a mock and a bye-word among all nations" in Gilbert Hunt's ''The Late War'' a "rare phrase"?: Difference between revisions
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*Psalms 44:14: "a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people" | |||
*Job 17:6: "a byword of the people" | |||
*1 Kings 9:7: "a byword among all people" | |||
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Revision as of 19:01, 3 January 2015
Question: Is the phrase "a mock and a bye-word among all nations" a "rare phrase"?
In order to make this phrase "rare," the critics note that "mock" is synonymous with "hiss"
- The Late War 2:9: "a mock and a bye-word among all nations"
- Book of Mormon 1 Nephi 19:14: "a hiss and a by-word, and be hated among all nations"
The core phrase "a byword, among all nations" is not rare
- Deuteronomy 28:37: "a byword, among all nations"
- 2 Chronicles 7:20: "a byword among all nations"
If we expand the definition, as the critics did, to include synonymous words "nations," "heathen," and "people"
- Psalms 44:14: "a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people"
- Job 17:6: "a byword of the people"
- 1 Kings 9:7: "a byword among all people"
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