Movement biblical sense

What is the difference between these two biblical senses for movement? I have read lexicons but they do not explain these terms.

movement (locomotion) — noun. the act of changing location from one place to another.

movement (motion) — noun. a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something.

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David Thomas

Not a "how to use Logos" question. Before providing an answer, what do you think is the difference?

Christian Alexander

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1279367#Comment_1279367

Before providing an answer, what do you think is the difference?

Motion is the movement of a body part by a living organism without causing the organism's position to change. When a body part moves, its position and location change, a phenomenon known as locomotion occurs. I am attempting to explain and analyze how the biblical text uses motion and locomotion.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1279371#Comment_1279371

I make a motion that you nailed it.

On the other hand, it depends on what you consider 'biblical text':

" For wisdom is more mobile than any motion; because of her pureness she pervades and penetrates all things." Wisdom 7:24

From the greek (for motion), Plato Cratylus 412B–D; Cicero ND 2.42: “But the stars occupy the region of aether, and as this has a very rarefied substance and is always in lively motion, it follows that the animal born in this region has the keenest senses and the swiftest power of movement”

David Thomas

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1279371#Comment_1279371

I am attempting to explain and analyze how the biblical text uses motion and locomotion.

remember that sense is interpretive--One reader interprets what a writer intended to convey, hence the sense that this word conveys. e.g. does the Sun in Psalm 19 indicate motion, or is it perceived as motion because of phenomenological language?

I postulate that loco is within self (e.g. I moved my arm or I moved across the room) Motion apart from loco- happens outside of the item in motion (e.g. my shadow moved from east to west, because the Sun shone differently, not because I moved. The weather front (clouds) moved in from the west as the Jetstream carried the low pressure front)

Christian Alexander

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1279386#Comment_1279386

Thanks DMB and David, great responses. I look at the biblical text as being the canon. Michael Kruger says, [quote]

The biblical canon is the collection of scriptural books that God has given his corporate people, which are distinguished by their divine qualities, reception by the collective body, and their apostolic connection, either by authorship or association.