The Bible's Flat Earth

Coragyps writes:Bullcrap, Buz. It has been pointed out at least twice on this thread that ancient Hebrew had a word for "ball." A ball is most often a sphere, except in American football and rugby.

2 Samuel 22:16 Then the channels of the sea were seen, the foundations of the world were laid bare, at the rebuke of the Lord at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

Psalms 103:12
as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

so there are exceptions to the general rule then

Whilst the OT may have been taking shape in the 6th century BCE, much of its content would have been far older and dominated by an older world-view.

What is interesting is that the New Testament authors, educated men who understood Greek very well, must surely have been aware of the idea of a spherical Earth.... If so however, they did not mention it and some of them even made comments that fly in the face of a spherical Earth.

Coragyps writes:Buz categorically said Hebrew had no word for "sphere." He's been shown to be wrong. "Ball" very often is a synonym for "sphere."

As has been cited, the Hebrew has a word for flat but not for sphere. Circle, meaning circle or sphere is the term used relative to the earth. The context is what determines whether it is a circle or a sphere. Of course, God, who inspired the wording, knew the earth was a sphere.

buz writes:As has been cited, the Hebrew has a word for flat but not for sphere.

corner (krnr)
n.
1.
a. The position at which two lines, surfaces, or edges meet and form an angle: the four corners of a rectangle.
b. The area enclosed or bounded by an angle formed in this manner: sat by myself in the corner; the corner of one's eye.
2. The place where two roads or streets join or intersect.
3.
a. Sports Any of the four angles of a boxing or wrestling ring where the ropes are joined.
b. Baseball Either side of home plate, toward or away from the batter.
4. A threatening or embarrassing position from which escape is difficult: got myself into a corner by boasting.
5. A remote, secluded, or secret place: the four corners of the earth; a beautiful little corner of Paris.
6. A part or piece made to fit on a corner, as in mounting or for protection.
7.
a. A speculative monopoly of a stock or commodity created by purchasing all or most of the available supply in order to raise its price.
b. Exclusive possession; monopoly: "Neither party . . . has a corner on all the good ideas" George B. Merry.
v. cornered, cornering, corners
v.tr.
1. To furnish with corners.
2. To place or drive into a corner: cornered the thieves and captured them.
3. To form a corner in (a stock or commodity): cornered the silver market.
v.intr.
1. To come together or be situated on or at a corner.
2. To turn, as at a corner: a truck that corners poorly.
adj.
1. Located at a street corner: a corner drugstore.
2. Designed for use in a corner: a corner table.
Idiom:
around the corner
About to happen; imminent.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French corne, corner, horn, from Vulgar Latin *corna, from Latin cornua, pl. of corn, horn, point; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.]The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
corner
Noun
1. the place or angle formed by the meeting of two converging lines or surfaces
2. the space within the angle formed, as in a room
3. the place where two streets meet
4. a sharp bend in a road
5. a remote place: far-flung corners of the world
6. any secluded or private place
7. Sports a free kick or shot taken from the corner of the field
8. cut corners to take the shortest or easiest way at the expense of high standards
9. turn the corner to pass the critical point of an illness or a difficult time
Adjective
on or in a corner: a corner seat
Verb
1. to force (a person or animal) into a difficult or inescapable position
2. (of a vehicle or its driver) to turn a corner
3. to obtain a monopoly of [Latin cornu point],

shalamabobbi writes:Kanaph - means extremity.

The Online Dictionary definition of corner substantiates that the Biblical term corner need not refer to geometric angular corners.Note the emboldened definitions (embolding mine for emphasis) which support our claims.

This is just another example of how Biblifobic skeptics of the Biblical record exact upon the Biblical record what they do not exact on other literature or upon themselves in debating the issues.

5. A remote, secluded, or secret place: the four corners of the earth; a beautiful little corner of Paris.

Modulous writes:Buz - just a quick question. Why do people say 'the four corners of the earth'? Where did this usage of the word 'corner' come from? I suggest it might be because of the Bible. Just a thought.