Re: Online Culture
Nyperold, on host 216.78.94.154
Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at 14:59:39
Re: Online Culture posted by Sam on Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at 13:31:41:
> It's too bad I can't readily tell if "second" is used as a measure of time. Anyone interested would only have to check 173 instances of the word's use, which isn't bad, all things considered.
Done. All instances mean "following the first".
There is, however, a "moment": one Hebrew word (rega), occurring 19 times; and three Greek words (atomos, parautika*, and stigme), each occurring 1 time. Of course, moments aren't counted the way seconds, minutes, and so on are.
There is also "instant": 2 Hebrew words (petha, and again, rega), each occurring twice, and one Greek word used as a noun, (hora*) the other three Greek words being used as adjectives (including the one followed by "in season, out of season". But again, you don't count instants. And it's sort of like those old recipes with nonstandardized units of capacity. But like those units, they usually work well enough when you use them.
* Strong's 3910, rather than the incorrect 3901 found in the listing
Nyperold
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