Revelation 1:8

[SP Silver]

Shlama Akhi Stephen,

Just back from 3 day anniversary vacation with my wife in Rhode Island.

You are confusing Hebrew "ekhad" - "one" with Aramaic "ekhad" -"to hold" .The Aramaic for "one" is "Khad","Khada".
The Aramaic "Akhyd" can mean "joined",unified", but that would mean God is one with the universe, which would make him a part of creation, which is theological nonsense. God is "One", or "Unified" with His Divine Being as Three Persons in One Essence of Deity; He cannot be One with that which is not Divine.

As passive participle of "ekhad", it can have an active sense as well as passive-"to hold", and is used in the NT over 50 times. Never does it mean "one".
Smith's Compendious Syriac Dictionary:

"Akhyd kol" is constsntly used of God= "omnipotent","holding all" or "upholding all".

Blessings,

Dave

Blessings on you as well Dave.

We agree that it is theologically incorrect to say that GOD is the universe. I was exploring the phrase [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]Lk dyx0d[/font] "d'akhid kol" and thinking out loud, so to speak. I stand corrected and agree with you. Good work. <!-- s:oha: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/oha.gif" alt=":oha:" title="Oha!" /><!-- s:oha: -->

"Akhyd kol" used in Crawford Revelation 1:8 literally means "omnipotent", "holding all" or "upholding all".

Shlama,
Stephen
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