CHOREGESAI
American: to be a dance-leader
CHORON
American: a ring, a round dance
The ideal life of the Christian has been characterized as dancing with Jesus. He leads, we follow. At celebrations, the Children of Israel “made merry’ with round dancing. Round dancing is still popular in Israel and other Eurasian countries. Jews dance the “hora” (or hore in Yiddish) at special rites and occasions.
Almost Greek: (Words in italics are translator’s additions.)
2nd Corinthians 9.10: Now He Who fully supplies sperma [seed] to the one offering [sowing] and bread toward eating, may He be a choregesai and increase your scattering and grow the offspring of your dikaiosunes [equity, justification, rightness] (you being made wealthy in all) toward every single-mindedness [sincerity] which completely works eucharistian [gratefully giving thanks] to Theos via us.
Luke 15.21: [Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son] Now the son said, “Father! I hemarton [sinned] into Ouranou [Heaven] and before your face and no longer am I worthy to be called your son.” But the father said to his slaves, “Bring out the best stole and dress him and give a finger-ring to his hand and shoes to his feet and bring out the grain-fed calf and sacrifice it. And eating, let us be merry because this son of mine was dead and has recovered life and was lost and was found.” And they began to be merry, but his older son was in a field and (as coming) he drew near the house. He heard a symphony and choron. And having summoned one of the children, he inquired what this might be. Now he [the child] said to him, “Your brother arrived, and your father sacrificed the grain-fed calf because he received him back healthy.”
End of One Hundred Nineteenth Lesson
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