COMMON

COMMON

This adjective, sometimes substantivated, is the translation of several Greek and Hebrew words and is used both in a positive sense and with a pejorative content.

It generally means simply “profane,” “ordinary,” or “unclean” (2 Sam. 21:5). Other times it has the meaning that the word has in Spanish, that is, it designates what is in general use; Thus, the Greek language (in which the New Testament is written) was called common because it was the one spoken by everyone. They also talked about common people, that is, normal and ordinary people (2 Kings 25:11).

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