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Deborah #2 – Prophetess and the fourth, and the only female, Judge of pre–monarchic Israel in the Old Testament. Judges [41] Delilah – The "woman in the valley of Sorek" who Samson loved. Judges [42] Dinah – Daughter of Jacob, one of the patriarchs of the Israelites and Leah, his first wife. Genesis [43] Dorcas, also known as Tabitha ...
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 .
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.
“A handful of New Testament names like John, James, Mary and Elizabeth dominated for centuries,” Wattenberg, founder of the website Namerology, explained. “In the mid-late 20th century, Old ...
According to Old Testament scholar Jerome Creach, some feminist critiques of Judges say the Bible gives tacit approval to violence against women by not speaking out against these acts. [56]: 14 Frymer-Kensky says leaving moral conclusions to the reader is a recognized method of writing called gapping used in many Bible stories.
Comay, Joan, Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-19-521029-8 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
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.
For the purposes of Wikipedia categories, "Hebrew Bible" refers only to those books in the Jewish Tanakh, which has the same content as the Protestant Old Testament (including the portions in Aramaic). The deuterocanonical books of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox biblical canons are categorized under Category:Deuterocanonical books.