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Jordan is a given name and a surname.. The form found in Western names originates from the Hebrew ירדן Yarden, relating to the Jordan River in West Asia. [1] According to the New Testament of the Bible, John the Baptist baptised Jesus Christ in the Jordan, [2] and during the Crusades, crusaders and pilgrims would bring back some of the river water in containers to use in the baptism of ...
Samaritan woman at the well, or Photine is a well known figure from the Gospel of John; Sapphira – Acts [176] Sarah #1 – wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac. Her name was originally "Sarai". According to Genesis 17:15 God changed her name to Sarah as part of a covenant with Yahweh after Hagar bore Abraham a son Ishmael.
The common, ordinary, everyday Hebrew woman is "largely unseen" in the pages of the Bible, and the women that are seen, are the unusual who rose to prominence. [ 31 ] : 5 These prominent women include the Matriarchs Sarah , Rebecca , Rachel and Leah , Miriam the prophetess, Deborah the Judge, Huldah the prophetess, Abigail (who married David ...
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 .
Lockyer, Herbert, All the men of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958; 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.,
This article includes a list of biblical proper names that start with A 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.
Clinical psychologist, lecturer and author Dr. Jordan Peterson turns his insightful analysis to The Bible for his latest book. In “We Who Wrestle with God: Perceptions of the Divine,” out ...
Islamic tradition holds both Joachim and Amram are named the same, though the Quran only refers to Joachim with the name of Amram and calls Mary the sister of Aaron, [10] Muslims see this as connecting the two women from two prophetic households in spirit.