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KJV-onlyer

KJV-onlyer noun: someone who asserts that the King James Version of the Bible is superior to all other English translations.

Noun

KJV-onlyer (plural KJV-onlyers)

  1. (informal) Someone who asserts that the King James Version of the Bible is superior to all other English translations.
    • The meaning that can be derived from the word itself is "without error." In other words, the Bible was given without error of any sort. Now, excepting KJV-onlyers, most inerrantists would limit inerrancy to the original writings, none of which currently exist.1997 August 16, Trevor Peterson, “Re: Contradictions in the Bible”, in christnet.theology (Usenet)
    • (Seeing as how Erasmus was a Roman Catholic who set the Vulgate at a level where modern KJV-onlyers set it, he might have believed the Vulgate was perfect, so such texts absent from his Greek manuscripts probably were present in the original, in his thinking); […]1997 October 13, Daniel Arseneault, “Re: Is The KJV Inspired?”, in alt.religion.christian.anabaptist.brethren (Usenet)

Forms of KJV-onlyer

pluralKJV-onlyers
alternative formKJV-onlier

Origin of KJV-onlyer

From KJV + only + -er.

Questions about KJV-onlyer

What does KJV-onlyer mean?
KJV-onlyer means someone who asserts that the King James Version of the Bible is superior to all other English translations.
What part of speech is KJV-onlyer?
KJV-onlyer is a noun.
What is the plural of KJV-onlyer?
The plural of KJV-onlyer is KJV-onlyers.

Words near KJV-onlyer in the dictionary

  1. KJMG
  2. KJO
  3. Kjos
  4. KJs
  5. KJV
  6. KJV-onlyer
  7. KJV-onlyers
  8. kk
  9. kkachi durumagi
  10. kkakdugi
  11. KKB

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