thần
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Sino-Vietnamese word from 神.
(classifier vị) thần
The sole deity in Abrahamic religions is never referred to as *Thần, but as Chúa (literally “the Lord”) (or its variants and synonyms, like Thượng Đế); to illustrate, Psalm 82:1 – in original Hebrew: “אֱלֹהִים, נִצָּב בַּעֲדַת-אֵל; בְּקֶרֶב אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁפֹּט (’ĕlōhîm niṣāḇ ba-‘ăḏaṯ-’êl; bə-qereḇ ’ĕlōhîm yišpōṭ)” – is translated into Vietnamese by Phan Khôi et al. as “Đức Chúa Trời đứng trong hội Đức Chúa Trời; Ngài đoán xét giữa các thần”, where the first אֱלֹהִים (’ĕlōhîm) and the word אֵל (’êl) are translated as Đức Chúa Trời to denote the Abrahamic god yet the second אֱלֹהִים (’ĕlōhîm) is translated as thần to denote other gods.
Even so, inconsistency exists; for instance:
Some Protestant translations use uncapitalized thần or capitalized Thần to translate words denoting spirits; namely:
Sino-Vietnamese word from 臣.
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