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Today’s Advent word is ‘praise’—a journey from Latin worth, to Greek joyful speech, to Hebrew shining celebration in ‘hallelujah’.

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‘And the glory of the Lord shone around them…’ Luke 2:9.

A closer look at the word ‘glory’, from Latin glōria and Old English wuldor to Greek dóxa.
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A small word with a long story. ‘Sin’ never began in archery. This Word Card traces its Germanic roots and explains how a modern sermon metaphor took hold. greatexpectationseducation.uk/musings-word... #etymology #wordstudy #advent #biblewords #hamartia