[CA Conservative]

It can mean; I'd suppose; 3 different things; depending on how someone classifies it.

Possibly. But in that case, you have to look at which meaning is in harmony with the rest of the Scripture. God is not going to have one part of His Word contradicting another part.

[Elsie]

... you have to look at which meaning is in harmony with the rest of the Scripture. God is not going to have one part of His Word contradicting another part.

Well...

...that's not been working too effectively; has it!

 

'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,

' it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.'

'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'