what does the bible mean ????????????????

Question

by the 4 corners of the earth recorded in Revelation.
And probably any publication that best explains that.

Answer 1

Rev 7:1 and Rev 20:8 use the same Greek words:

τεσσαρες tessaras G5064 FOUR
γωνια gOnias G1137 CORNERS
ὅς tEs G3588 OF-THE
γη gEs G1093 LAND (earth)

CORNERS mean:
γωνια gonia {go-nee'-ah} probably akin to 1119; TDNT - 1:791,137; n f AV - corner 8, quarter 1, 9
1) corner
1a) an external angle, a corner
1b) internal corner, i.e. a secret place

FOUR CORNERS using 1a) makes a square whose sides north, west, south, and east. It does not mean the earth is flat.

LAND is a little harder since all five meanings make the sense:

γη ge {ghay} contracted from a root word; TDNT - 1:677,116; n f AV - earth 188, land 42, ground 18, country 2, world 1, earthly + 1537 + 3588 1; 252

1) arable land
2) the ground, the earth as a standing place
3) the main land as opposed to the sea or water
4) the earth as a whole
4a) the earth as opposed to the heavens
4b) the inhabited earth, the abode of men and animals
5) a country, land enclosed within fixed boundaries, a tract of land, territory, region

Answer: "Four corners of the earth" is a Greek phrase that is made up Greek words. It can mean the "north, east, south, and west [as seen by] standing in place.

Answer 2

North south East West

Answer 3

Meaning

All parts of the Earth.

Origin

From the Bible, Isaiah 11-12 (King James Version):

And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

& Revelation 7-1:

And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

The reference to four corners does not imply that the writers of these texts believed that the Earth was flat (although they may well have done). the seconed citation above suggests more that the four corners were the four compass points.

Answer 4

It's creative license used by the writer of the verse. It means every part of the earth.

For instance when you are vacuuming your carpet, it's always hardest to get into the corners of the room, but if you do then you're making sure to cover the entire surface.

So by saying the 4 corners of the earth, that implies covering the entire surface of the earth

Answer 5

'corners' is derived from an old word for angle. That is from the four directions North, East, West and South.

We use that concept today every time we use the word "NEWS" being the first letters of the four directions or angles.

"Corners (gōnias). Old word for angle (Mat_6:5), also in Rev_20:8."

Answer 6

The four directions North,East,South and West

Answer 7

To begin with, the Revelation is a dream and uses figurative and mythical elements and, consequently, language to suit. The 'four corners' mark the extremities of the planet and the meaning is to 'encompass' all. OK?.

Answer 8

Sometimes it's not the words but the context and emotion that carries more meaning than the actual words. Without living in the time of the spoken words, it's difficult to derive meaning.
for example: "OMG" or "Holy" smokes, whatever the words, you get the practical application of the meaning...

If the bible were no more than Aesop's fables, would they have any less meaning for you? What do you want to believe in?

Answer 9

For goodness sake, it's just an expression, a way of saying the whole wide world.
But people who believe in a flat earth (yes they exist) use this verse to justify that idea.

Answer 10

I'm not a christian and even I know the answer to this one
Here it is
North south east and west
read before that and it says the four winds