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The now commonly-used German term Gegenbild (literally “blood money”), which today is primarily used to refer to an alternative representation that emphasizes the opposite or a similar representation that shows the same thing in a different way, was made popular in 1522 in the German New Testament translation by Martin Luther. (Source: Zetzsche)

For other idioms or terms in German that were coined by Bible translation, see here.

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