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  2. List of biblical names - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. List of modern names for biblical place names - Wikipedia

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    While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.

  4. List of Christian synonyms - Wikipedia

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    The word Christian is used three times in the New Testament: Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28, and 1 Peter 4:16. The original usage in all three New Testament verses reflects a derisive element in the term Christian to refer to followers of Christ who did not acknowledge the emperor of Rome. [1]

  5. List of Bible dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    The Popular and Critical Bible Encyclopaedia and Scriptural Dictionary: 1922 Samuel Fallows [55] Theological Word Book of the Bible: 1951 Alan Richardson: Harper's Bible Dictionary: 1952 Madeleine S. and J. Lane Miller The New Bible Dictionary: 1962 J. D. Douglas Second Edition 1982, Third Edition 1996 Dictionary of the Bible: 1965

  6. Names of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    Names of Jerusalem refers to the multiple names by which the city of Jerusalem has been known and the etymology of the word in different languages. According to the Jewish Midrash, "Jerusalem has 70 names". [1] Lists have been compiled of 72 different Hebrew names for Jerusalem in Jewish scripture. [2]

  7. Isa (name) - Wikipedia

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    The Encyclopedia of the Qur'an by Brill Publishers quotes scholarship that notes that the Greek name Iesous, Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), also is known to have represented many different Biblical Hebrew names (which causes issues when seeking to find what Jesus' original Hebrew name would have been from the Greek) "Josephus used the Greek name ...

  8. All the TODAY hosts' children's names, their meanings ... - AOL

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    Let's take a closer look at the names of the TODAY co-hosts' children, examining their inspiration and meaning. Savannah Guthrie The afternoon their first child was born, Savannah and Feldman ...

  9. Itai - Wikipedia

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    The word itself loosely translates to "will" or "do as you/we please". The exact meaning is subjective, with positive or negative connotations. The first, positive, meaning is that of a proud person/family with free will. The second, negative, meaning is that of a persecuted person/family surrendering their will to their persecutor.