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The Jewish pseudepigraphon Second Book of Enoch (Slavonic Enoch) refers to the Grigori, who are the same as the Watchers of 1 Enoch. [17] The Slavic word Grigori used in the book is a transcription [18] of the Greek word ἐγρήγοροι egrḗgoroi, meaning "wakeful". [19] The Hebrew equivalent is ערים, meaning "waking", "awake". [20]
Through folk etymology, the name also became associated with Latin grex (stem greg–) meaning "flock" or "herd". This association with a shepherd who diligently guides his flock contributed to the name's popularity among monks and popes .
Grigori Rasputin (Hellboy), a comic book character; Grigori Daratrazanoff, a main Carpathian character in Christine Feehan's Dark series; Grigori, the name of the titular dragon in the computer game Dragon's Dogma; Grigori Panteleevich Melekhov, in And Quiet Flows the Don; Octopus Grigori, an aggressive octopus in Gravity's Rainbow
Grigori Christianity, Judaism (type) Various Wormwood: Christianity: war Yadathan: Mandaeism Uthra Guardian of the "first river", stands at the Gate of Life Yarhibol: Ancient Canaanite religion: Angel of the god Baal Hadad: Springs Yawar Ziwa: Yawar Kasia, Yawar Rabba Mandaeism Uthra Personification of light Yomiel: Jomjael, Yomyael ...
The scholars lean towards the Semitic etymology of this appellation which contains the letters shin (ש) and mem (מ), thus suggesting the derivation from either “name” (Heb. שם, shem) or “heavens” (Heb. שמים, shamaym). Moshe Idel proposed that Samyaza is the one who “gazes at heavens” or “gazes from heavens”.
Armârôs (Aramaic: תרמני, Greek: Αρεαρώς, Arearṓs) was the 11th watcher on a list of 20 leaders of a group of 200 [citation needed] fallen angels called Grigori or "Watchers" in the Book of Enoch. The name means "cursed one" or "accursed one". [1]
Grigor III Pahlavuni (1093–1166), Armenian catholicos; Grigor Artsruni (1845–1892), Armenian journalist; Grigor Dimitrov (born 1991), Bulgarian tennis player; Grigor Gurzadyan (1922–2014), Armenian astronomer
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was born a peasant in the small village of Pokrovskoye, along the Tura River in the Tobolsk Governorate (now Tyumen Oblast) in the Russian Empire. [2] According to official records, he was born on 21 January [ O.S. 9 January] 1869 and christened the following day. [ 3 ]