Re: PANTOKRATWR

From: Juan Stam (jstam@una.ac.cr)
Date: Sat Apr 04 1998 - 18:43:09 EST

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>Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 16:07:49
>To: Edgar Foster <questioning1@yahoo.com>
>From: Juan Stam <jstam@una.ac.cr>
>Subject: Re: PANTOKRATWR
>
>Omnipotent is close, but as I understand it, PANTOKRATWR (especially as
used of the Emperor) also meant "all-ruling", all-governing, which doesn't
really come across in the more abstract "omnipotent"
>
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>At 12:56 PM 4/4/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>Is the English word Omnipotent (Latin, Omnipotentia) an adequate
>>translation of the Greek word PANTOKRATWR? (Rev. 19:8)
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>>E. Foster
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