From 63dce56906f01c511ecd71e97e19a4386505bdaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rick Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 17:22:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add 'g4711-g4720/g4716.md' --- g4711-g4720/g4716.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) create mode 100644 g4711-g4720/g4716.md diff --git a/g4711-g4720/g4716.md b/g4711-g4720/g4716.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..370a9853 --- /dev/null +++ b/g4711-g4720/g4716.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +# σταυρός/stauros +This word is a type of thing or idea. It is a noun. + +* This word means cross. + * A cross was an upright wooden post stuck into the ground with a horizontal wooden beam attached to it near the top. During the time of the Roman Empire, the Roman government executed criminals by tying or nailing them to a cross and leaving them there to die. + * Sometimes this word is used to talk about Jesus’s sacrificial death on the cross. + * Sometimes this word is used to talk about something that is in some way like a cross.