Just Enough Greek · Word Explorer

Just Enough Greek — Word Explorer

One hundred Greek words open up the New Testament — the fifty of Just Enough Greek and the fifty of its second volume. Not the whole language, just enough to read with confidence, and to hear what the church has always heard. Each word below tells you what it means, where you’ll meet it in Scripture, and what confessional Lutherans hear in it.

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Word of the Week

One Greek word, opened up

What it means, where you’ll meet it in Scripture, and what confessional Lutherans hear in it.

Part IV · The Means of Grace

ὁμολογέω

Homologeō

to confess, agree

“Why We Are Called Confessional”

There is a term confessional Lutherans use to describe themselves — confessional — and most who use it have never paused on where the word comes from. Confess in English is rooted in the Latin confiteor, but the Latin is itself a translation. The original is Greek: homologeō. The compound is built from homos (same) plus logos (word), and the literal sense is to say the same word — to speak back what has already been spoken, to agree with what is already true, to say out loud what God has said about Himself, about us, about Christ, about His church.

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The Greek words

Just Enough Greek — Word Explorer

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