Showing posts with label pluto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pluto. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Something's been bothering me from my word study

Something about my word study on Philippians 4:19 has been bothering me for a few days.

I referred to the Greek word plouton (or more accurately, ploutos, πλοῦτος, both translated typically as "riches" or "wealth"), and made an association to Pluto and Ploutos, the Roman and Greek gods of wealth.

The cultural shift in the reference to Pluto as an association to a Greek word - has been a gadfly for me.

Was I incorrect in making the association at all? Wouldn't Ploutos - the Greek reference, not the Roman - be the right reference to use?