It is curious that our translators have chosen this most unfortunate variation of "damn" and its cognates only fifteen times out of upwards of two hundred times that krino and its cognates occur; and that they have it for "krisis" and "krima not for the. The translators, however, may not be to blame. It is probable that "damn" was once a milder word than condemn, and had a far milder meaning than that which modern eschatology has furnished to modern blasphemy. We find from an Act passed when a john Russell was Chancellor (in the reign of Richard iii or Henry vii that the sanction of an Act against extorted benevolences is called "a damnation"-that is, "the infliction of a loss." This is the true etymological. 11:29, we find "judgment" for "damnation whereas in verse 32 the "judgment" of the lord is milder than His "condemnation.". Hey, in his lecture on the ninth Article, says that the phrase, "It deserveth God's wrath and damnation is used in the milder sense of the word which was originally prevalent. However this may be, the word has, as the bishop of Chester says, undergone a modification of meaning from the lapse of time, and it is an unmixed gain that both it and its congeners will wholly disappear from the revised version of the English.
Etymology - how did the word "beaver" come
In the new Testament they are the exceptional and arbitrary translation of two Greek verbs or their derivatives; which occur 308 times. These words are "apollumi" and "krino." "Apolleia" (destruction or waste) is once rendered "damnation" and once "damnable." (2 Peter 2:3, and 2 Peter 2:1 "krino (judge) occurs 114 times, and is only once rendered "damned." (1 Thess. 2:12) "Krima, (judgment or sentence) occurs 24 times, and is 7 times rendered "damnation." "KataKrino (I condemn) occurs 24 times, and is twice only rendered "be damned.". Now turn to a modern dictionary, and you will see "damnation" defined as "exclusion from divine mercy; condemnation to eternal punishment." In common usage the word has no other sense. But to say essay that such is the necessary meaning of the words which are rendered by "damn" and "damnation is to say what is absurdly and even wickedly false. It is to say that a widow who marries again must be damned to endless torments (1 Tim. 5:12, "having damnation krima although. Paul expressly recommends young widows to do so two verses later. It is to say that everyone who ever eats the lord's Supper unworthily, eats and drinks "eternal punishment" to himself, though. Paul adds, almost in the next verse, that the judgment (krima) is disciplinary and educational, to save us from condemnation. 11:29-34) It is to say that "the day of Judgment" ought to be called "day of Damnation." (John 5:29).
As we can see, originally the word was neither a "cuss" word nor did it have theological significance. It was a perfectly good word with which to translate the biblical Greek words "apollumi "krino and "apolleia." But when paper theologians twisted this word out of its original meaning, it became a word which would smear the character of our Father. The world followed the church and used it as a "cuss" word, but it should be noted, that it was the church that turned it into its present meaning, not unbelievers. The present meaning of the word does great injustice in rendering the Greek words in the bible that have been translated "damn "damnable "damnation etc. Many scholars have raised their voices protesting the use of this word in the bible and it seems the trend presently is to remove it from scriptures. Below is given an example of the view of some very orthodox scholars on this subject The author. W.Farrar, a canon of the Church of England. In his book mercy and Judgment he writes: The words "damn" and its derivative do not once occur in the Old Testament.