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KJV translators took mansion from the Latin Vulgate.Thanks. It makes sense that the definition of "mansion" has changed over a couple thousand years. The sentence "In my Father's house are many mansions" just seemed odd to me.Strong's 3438 - μονή - translates to abode. Literal translations of the Bible render the Greek as rooms or dwelling places.G3438 - monē - Strong's Greek Lexicon (KJV)
G3438 - μονή monḗ, mon-ay'; from ; a staying, i.e. residence (the act or the place):—abode, mansion.www.blueletterbible.org
Mansions seems exclusive to KJV, and in part derives from the Middle English word Manse (from the Latin mansus, denoting house or dwelling). Mansion is just a rectory or vicarage, not actually a large estate.
To my mind, μονή denotes dwelling with the Father for all the saints, who are priests in the kingdom.
14:2 In domo Patris mei mansiones multæ sunt; si quominus dixissem vobis: quia vado parare vobis locum.
Latin Definitions for: Mansion (Latin Search) - Latin Dictionary and Grammar Resources - Latdict
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