Ep 051 (S3E7) Sticks and Stones

References:Sticks and stones… words can be powerfulhapax legomenon - a word that appears only once within a document or corpusThe works of William Shakespeare — known for wide variety in his vocabulary — are estimated to contain more than 6,000 hapax legomena (the plural form).Honorificabilitudinitatibus - "the state of being able to achieve honours"Wm Shakespeare's “Love’s Labour’s Lost” - Act 5, Scene 1David selected five smooth stones to fight Goliath. 1 Sam 17 Why five? Many people say because Goliath had four brothers. ??? Why smooth?Wouldn’t a jagged or sharp edged stone be more lethal?A smooth stone launched from a sling will fly truer than a jagged stone.Sling hunters will tell you that blunt force well placed is the effectiveness of dropping game, not penetration.  Smooth stones - חַלֻּק (khal-look') only used in 1 Sam 17:40A Biblical hapax legomenonFrom root חָלַק (khaw-lak') to divide, share, plunder, allot, apportion, assignto be smooth, slippery, deceitfulSmooth Operator - Isa 41:7Smooth Criminal - Ps 36:1-4 (esp v2)Here are five “smooth” Biblical stones for fighting the giants of spiritual warfareThoughtsMind, thoughts - νόημα (no'-ay-mah) Phil 4:7, 2 Cor 2:11, 10:5Opportunities Occasion for acting - τόπος (top'-os) Eph 4:27Rebuke Rebuke of the Lord - ἐπιτιμάω (ep-ee-tee-mah'-o) Jude 1:9FightResist, oppose - ἀνθίστημι (anth-is'-tay-mee) James 4:7, 1 Peter 5:9FleeExit, way out - ἔκβασις (ek'-bas-is) 1 Cor 10:13