Word of the Day
Word of the Day: Does "Perish" Mean Burning Forever? The Word Is Abad, to Be Lost and to Wander Off
Published September 14, 2026 at 06:00 UTC
Today's restored word - what the oldest writing says, and what translation changed.
You were taught that when the text says people "perish," it means a fixed and terrible fate, usually pictured as endless conscious burning. A whole set of teachings about the end of the wicked leans on that one English word. But the Hebrew under "perish" is Abad, and its first plain sense is not ...