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I love discussing the facts of the origin and development of words.

Exempli gratia, the word etymology means the process of analyzing a word to find its true origin. It comes from Greek, etymon “true sense, original meaning” + -logia “study of, a speaking of,” e.g.,

agape (n.)

c. 1600, from Greek agapē “brotherly love, charity,” in Ecclesiastical use “the love of God for man and man for God,” a late and mostly Christian formation from the verb agapan “greet with affection, receive with friendship; to like, love,” which is of unknown origin. It sometimes is explained as *aga-pa- “to protect greatly,” with intensifying prefix aga-. “The Christian use may have been influenced by Hebr. ‘ahaba ‘love’” [Beekes].

We quickly discover that the popular English phrase “Love is love,” is a loaded phrase that can mean any number of definitions and/or interpretations.

The Spanish equivalent to the loaded English word love can produce any number of different/opposing translations expressing an entire range of emotions: ranging from one’s desire to possess someone else; or jealousy to erotica depending on its context. They might actually be able to catch more bees with a phrase like “Hate is hate!” instead.

This is the reason why when American politicians cheapen it with ever increasing frequency through their use of popular phrases like “Love is love!” The fuzz on the back of my neck immediately stands on end; alerting me to the possibility that we’re dealing with depraved individuals, on high.

Which brings us to the process of analyzing the meaning of the word dist•urbia which you may recall as the title to a popular song by the singer Rhianna:

Disturbia

A portmanteau that blends the words disturbing (or disturbed) and suburbia

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·So, you are not loyal to God [L You adulterers!; C often adultery is used in a spiritual sense for betraying God; Jeremiah 3:20]! ·You should know [L Don’t you know…?] that ·loving [L friendship with] the world is ·the same as hating [L hostility/enmity toward] God. Anyone who wants to be a friend of the world becomes God’s enemy.

James 4:3-5; Matthew 6:23-25; Proverbs 23:1-5
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The Fisher of Mensis (cf., Proverbs 23:1-5; Matthew 6:23-25)

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cf., 14 The Lord God said to the serpent,

“Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all the cattle,
And more than any animal of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And dust you shall eat
All the days of your life.

“They were stronger than Turk and Saracen, but not than Hunger and Disease. Leaders did not know then, as our little Friend at Berlin came to know, that ‘an Army, like a serpent, goes upon its belly.’“

14
Therefore the Lord cuts off head and tail [the highest and the lowest] from Israel,
Both [the high] palm branch and [the low] bulrush in one day.
15
The elderly and honorable man, he is the head;
And the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
16
For those who lead this people are causing them to go astray;
And those who are led [astray] by them are swallowed up.

(cf., Jonah in the Belly of the Beast)

Genesis 3:14; Isaiah 9:14-16
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7 A person might say, “When I lie, it really ·gives him [L increases his] glory, because my lie shows God’s truth. So why am I ·judged [condemned as] a sinner?” 8 It would be the same to say, “We should do evil so that good will come.” Some people ·find fault with [slander] us and say we teach this, but ·they are wrong and deserve the punishment they will receive [L their condemnation is just].

Romans 3:7-8, Expanded Bible

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