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The King James Version translates "magi" as wise men; the same translation is applied to the wise men led by Daniel of earlier Hebrew Scriptures (Daniel 2:48). The same word is given as sorcerer and sorcery when describing "Elymas the sorcerer" in Acts 13:6–11, and Simon Magus, considered a heretic by the early Church, in Acts 8:9–13.
Balthazar (also spelled Balthasar, Balthassar, or Baltazar), from Akkadian 𒂗𒈗𒋀 Bel-shar-uzur, meaning "Bel protects the King" is the name commonly attributed to Balthazar (magus), one of the Three Wise Men, at least in the west. Though no names are given in the Gospel of Matthew, this was one of the names the Western church settled on ...
Since King Balthazar, in traditional pictorial representations from the Late Middle Ages, is often represented as a black person (as an integrating or cosmopolitan graphic symbol, in the tradition that the "wise men" or "magi" who worshipped Jesus in Bethlehem represented the peoples of the whole world), fitting in with this traditional icon ...
Other Indo-European languages name man for his mortality, *mr̥tós meaning ' mortal ', so in Armenian mard, Persian mard, Sanskrit marta and Greek βροτός meaning ' mortal, human '. This is comparable to the Semitic word for ' man ', represented by Arabic insan إنسان (cognate with Hebrew ʼenōš אֱנוֹשׁ), from a root for ...
ḍita from Sanskrit Paṇḍita (पण्डित) meaning wise man or scholar; or Chinese 狄 ("Di") ឌិន: dɨn: Din: from ḍina (डिन) in Pali meaning flight ឌី Dy ឌុល: dul: Dul: from ḍula (डुल) in Pali meaning earring or tremble ឌួង: duəŋ: Duong: Chinese 東/东 (east) តក់ Tok Droplets of water ...
Just 'cause you don’t have a grandpa named Oscar doesn’t mean you can’t throw back to a classic when it comes to naming your newborn little dude. Here, 14 old-man baby names...
A boy’s name of Spanish and Portuguese origin meaning ‘free man’ and one of the moons of Uranus. ... This Arabic name meaning ‘the leader’ is the first of the constellation’s stars to ...
This Scandinavian and Norse name is perfect for a little boy who's already wise: It means "ruler's counselor." If "Ronald" feels a bit heavy for a baby, consider nicknaming him "Ron" or "Ronnie."