485
TIL the adjective 'daily' in the lord's prayer is actually written in the original Greek as epiousion, which occurs nowhere else in known history (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/til@lemmy.world
85 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

the full line being "Give us today our epiousion bread"

Today, most scholars reject the translation of epiousion as meaning daily. The word daily only has a weak connection to any proposed etymologies for epiousion. Moreover, all other instances of "daily" in the English New Testament translate hemera (ἡμέρα, "day"), which does not appear in this usage.[1][2] Because there are several other Greek words based on hemera that mean daily, no reason is apparent to use such an obscure word as epiousion.[4] The daily translation also makes the term redundant, with "this day" already making clear the bread is for the current day.[21]

i don't think wikipedia mentions this but it has 'pious' in the middle

other discussions
2
TIL that "Give us today our daily bread" is a mistranslation. The word translated as "daily" is "epiousion" in the original Greek. Scholars disagree on what exactly this enigmatic word is supposed... (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/todayilearned@lemmit.online
comment fedilink hide all child comments
 
This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/JosephvonEichendorff on 2024-05-29 18:40:30+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that "Give us today our daily bread" is a mistranslation. The word translated as "daily" is "epiousion" in the original Greek. Scholars disagree on what exactly this enigmatic word is supposed to mean, but a direct translation would be something like "supersubstantial."