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David is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin. Its popularity derives from the initial oral tradition ( Oral Torah ) and recorded use related to King David , a central figure in the Hebrew Bible , or Tanakh, and foundational to Judaism , and subsequently significant in the religious traditions of Christianity and Islam .
David was considered a model ruler and a symbol of divinely ordained monarchy throughout medieval Western Europe and Eastern Christendom. He was perceived as the biblical predecessor to Christian Roman and Byzantine emperors and the name "New David" was used as an honorific reference to these rulers. [103]
David A. Christian (born October 26, 1948) [1] is an American who served in the United States Army as a captain during the Vietnam War. While serving as a lieutenant in South Vietnam , he was wounded in action seven times and awarded several medals including the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism.
This question was actually reported to have been put across to Muhammad to which he replied: "The (people of the old age) used to give names (to their persons) after the names of Apostles and pious persons who had gone before them". [11] Luke 3:23: Job: ʾAyyūb: Iyyov: Job 1:1: Quran 6:84: John the Baptist: Yaḥyā: Yohanan
A Christian name, sometimes referred to as a baptismal name, is a religious personal name given on the occasion of a Christian baptism, though now most often given by parents at birth. [1] In English-speaking cultures , a person's Christian name is commonly their first name and is typically the name by which the person is primarily known.
David Andrew Roy White is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer and businessman. He is a co-founder of Pinnacle Peak Pictures , a distribution and production company specializing in Christian faith- and family-themed films.
David was adopted as a Christian name from at least the 6th century. David the Invincible (6th century), Neoplatonic philosopher; David (commentator) (6th century), Greek scholar; Saint David (6th century), patron saint of Wales; David the Dendrite (c. 450–540), a patron saint of Thessaloniki; David (son of Heraclius) (b. 630), co-emperor of ...
David (Welsh: Dewi Sant; Latin: Davidus; c. 500 – c. 589) was a Welsh Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Mynyw during the 6th century. He is the patron saint of Wales. David was a native of Wales, and tradition has preserved a relatively large amount of detail about his life.