Bucket Full of Grace

Joke: Do you know what you call a person who speaks 3 languages? Trilingual. Do you know what you call a person who speaks 2 languages? Bilingual. Do you know what you call a person who speaks 1 language? American! Americans, are pretty isolated linguistically, many of us flat out intimidated by languages other than our own. But even if you can’t tell a Hebrew aleph from a Greek alpha (those are letters of the alphabet), YOU CAN do basic word studies on the Bible. Here’s how. 1. In your passage of choice, pick out 3-4 words to study . 2. Get at the various ways the word could be used when the author wrote the book you are studying. How many uses for the English word “hand” can you think of right off the top of your head? I bet you could think of at least 8-10 with a little effort. “Hand me a brick.” “Give him a hand with that box.” “Give him a hand for that performance.” “The hand on the clock is bent.” “That horse must be 15 hands high.” “He’s a hired ha