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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: when did "He" become "he" when referring to God? twosleepy #176071 04/20/2008 12:20 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Back when gender meant something in English, the word God was masculine and would take the masculine pronoun. The word that gave us MnE woman was also masculine but I don't know whether they used the masculine pronoun for it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted when did "He" become "he" when referring to God? Alex Williams 04/19/2008 11:30 PM Re: when did "He" become "he" when referring to God? dalehileman 04/19/2008 11:43 PM Re: when did "He" become "he" when referring to God? Faldage 04/20/2008 12:01 AM Re: when did "He" become "he" when referring to God? twosleepy 04/20/2008 12:09 AM Re: when did "He" become "he" when referring to God? Faldage 04/20/2008 12:20 AM Re: when dashes vowels did become? zmjezhd 04/20/2008 12:41 AM Re: when did "He" become "he" when referring to God? morphememedley 04/20/2008 1:26 AM Re: when did "He" become "he" when referring to God? PDAZ 04/20/2008 5:02 PM he said, she said Alex Williams 04/20/2008 6:07 PM Re: when did "He" become "he" when referring to God? BranShea 04/20/2008 6:03 PM Re: when did "He" become "he" when referring to God? The Pook 04/20/2008 11:45 PM Re: when did "He" become "he" when referring to God? The Pook 04/20/2008 7:39 AM Re: an answer offered zmjezhd 04/20/2008 2:47 PM Re: an answer offered The Pook 04/20/2008 11:49 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,352 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,189 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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