Words’ meanings.

“Actually, semantics is not an excuse, nor is it incidental; it is the whole point. Semantics involves the study of meanings of words; so if one uses words which do not convey the meaning he or she is attempting to express, then a different meaning comes across.”

SO GREAT SALVATION: WHAT IT MEANS TO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST by Charles C. Ryrie

Knowing the meanings of words, specifically God‘s meanings of the words He used to write the Bible, is basic and essential to understanding the Bible correctly.

However, we live at a time when inconsistency in language is thriving. A given word is used to mean most anything. Even its opposite.

For example, the word “entitled” is used to refer to people who definitely are not entitled.

entitled

2. having the right or permission to do something

COLLINS ENGLISH DICTIONARY – COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED. 2025.

"meaning in language has become 'demeaned' to the point of irrelevancy."

UNKNOWN by Kevin Vanhoozer

“What is important to most people is not the words' meanings, but their experiences. Since…objective reasoning is replaced by subjective feelings, imprecision in communication becomes the norm.”

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