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Names play a variety of roles in the Bible. They sometimes relate to the nominee's role in a biblical narrative , as in the case of Nabal , a foolish man whose name means "fool". [ 1 ] Names in the Bible can represent human hopes, divine revelations , or are used to illustrate prophecies .
The term shiqquts is translated abomination by almost all translations of the Bible. The similar words, sheqets , and shâqats , are almost exclusively used to refer to unclean animals. The common but slightly different Hebrew term, tōʻēḇā , is also translated as abomination in the Authorized King James Version , and sometimes in the New ...
Nicolas Poussin's Moses rescued from the Nile (1638) shows Pharaoh's daughter, who is unnamed in the Bible, but called Bithiah in Jewish tradition. This list provides names given in history and traditions for people who appear to be unnamed in the Bible.
This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with V in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.
From Isa Masih, a name of Jesus Christ in the Hindi-language Bible. [12] The term literally means '[person/people] of Jesus' in India and Pakistan , but in the latter country, Isai has been pejoratively used by non-Christians to refer to 'street sweepers' or 'labourers', occupations that have been held by Christian workers of Dalit ancestry. [ 13 ]
This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with Demetrius in bible [Lover of the earth, Goddess of fertility]. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.
Lockyer, Herbert, All the women of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28151-2; Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28041-9; Tischler, Nancy M., All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn.: 2006 ISBN 0-313 ...
[17] [15] Especially when a Hebrew verb is in the pi'el (intensifying) form, this adds force, [105] and in Deuteronomy 22:29 עִנָּ֔הּ ‘in-nāh is in the pi'el. [104] In several other cases in the Hebrew Bible where this word is used to describe a man and a woman interacting, for example Judges 20:5 [a] and 2 Samuel 13:14, [b] it ...