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The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh [a] ( / tɑːˈnɑːx /; [1] Hebrew: תַּנַ״ךְ Tānāḵ ), also known in Hebrew as Miqra ( / miːˈkrɑː /; Hebrew: מִקְרָא Mīqrāʾ. . ), is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures, comprising the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim. Different branches of Judaism and Samaritanism ...
List of biblical names. Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863. Easton's Bible Dictionary 1894. Nave's Topical Bible 1905. 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 ...
Jesus ( / ˈdʒiːzəs /) is a masculine given name derived from Iēsous ( Ἰησοῦς; Iesus in Classical Latin) the Ancient Greek form of the Hebrew name Yeshua ( ישוע ). [1] [2] As its roots lie in the name Isho in Aramaic and Yeshua in Hebrew, it is etymologically related to another biblical name, Joshua. [3]
Reuel. Reuel or Raguel ( Hebrew: רְעוּאֵל, romanized : Rəʿūʾēl; Edomite: 𐤓𐤏𐤀𐤋 rʿʾl [1] ), meaning "God shall pasture" or more specifically " El shall pasture" (as a shepherd does with his flock) [2] [3] is a Hebrew name associated with several biblical and religious figures.
Aaron (given name) Aaron is an English masculine given name. The 'h' phoneme in the original Hebrew pronunciation "Aharon" (אהרן) is dropped in the Greek, Ἀαρών, from which the English form, Aaron, is derived. Aaron, the brother of Moses, is described in the Torah, the Quran and the Baha'i Iqan.
Michael (given name) Michael is a usually masculine given name derived from the Hebrew phrase מי כאל mī kāʼēl, 'Who [is] like-El', in Aramaic: ܡܝܟܐܝܠ ( Mīkhāʼēl [miχaˈʔel] ). The theophoric name is often read as a rhetorical question – "Who [is] like [the Hebrew God] El ?", [1] whose answer is "there is none like El ...
Iael, Iaël, Jael, Jaël, Yaël, Ιαήλ (Greek) Yael ( Hebrew: יָעֵל, pronounced [jaˈʔel]; also spelled Jael) is a female given name of Hebrew origin. It is the name of biblical figure Yael, who saved the Israelites by killing Sisera, commander of Canaanite King Jabin's army, by hammering a tent peg through his temple while asleep in ...
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 ...