Browsing: Etymology

In Sunday School today, I was browsing through Alma 36 and the word “taste” caught my attention again so I decided to do a little digging.

The word “meek” as used in scripture seems to have a lot of importance placed on it, yet in modern society I am used to hearing the word meek used in conjunction with “weak”. So where is the disconnect?

To most living today the word ‘holocaust’ is not a very pleasant word. But like many words today that make up our vernacular, this word has very ancient origins that take us far beyond World War 2.