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  2. Cornelius the Centurion - Wikipedia

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    Cornelius (fl. 1st century A.D.) (Greek: Κορνฮฎλιος, romanized: Kornแธ—lios; Latin: Cornelius) was a Roman centurion who is considered by some Christians to be the first Gentile to convert to the faith, as related in Acts of the Apostles (see Ethiopian eunuch for the competing tradition). The baptism of Cornelius is an important event ...

  3. Biblical names in their native languages - Wikipedia

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    Paleo-Hebrew: ๐คŠ๐ค๐ค๐ค Pronunciation: K-naw-un Caiaphas, Joseph ben: Person 14 BC: AD 46: Hebrew: ื™ื”ื•ืกืฃ ื‘ืจ ืงึทื™ึธืคึธื Pronunciation: Yeh-hoo-siff bar Kie-yuh-fuh David (Son of Jesse & Nitzevet bat Adael) Person 1035 BC: 970 BC: Paleo-Hebrew: ๐คƒ๐ค…๐คƒ Pronunciation: Daw-weed Meaning: Beloved One David, House of (the linage ...

  4. John 1:42 - Wikipedia

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    Or as Cornelius a Lapide puts it, it is as if Christ had said, "for I will make you the rock of the Church, so that on you and your faith, and your government, the fabric of My Church may rest securely as upon a most solid foundation of rock". [1] There are echoes of Abraham receiving his name in Genesis 17:5 as well. [2]

  5. List of biblical commentaries - Wikipedia

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    This is an outline of commentaries and commentators.Discussed are the salient points of Jewish, patristic, medieval, and modern commentaries on the Bible. The article includes discussion of the Targums, Mishna, and Talmuds, which are not regarded as Bible commentaries in the modern sense of the word, but which provide the foundation for later commentary.

  6. God-fearer - Wikipedia

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    In the Hebrew Bible, there is some recognition of Gentile monotheistic worship as being directed toward the God of the Jews.This forms the category of yir’ei HaShem/yir’ei Shamayim (Hebrew: ื™ืจืื™ ื”ืฉื, meaning "Fearers of the Name"/"Fearers of Heaven", [1] [4] [19] "the Name" being a Jewish euphemism for Yahweh, cf. Psalm 115:11).

  7. Malachim - Wikipedia

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    Malachim was an alphabet published by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa in the 16th century. [1] Other alphabets with a similar origin are the Celestial Alphabet [2] and Transitus Fluvii. [3] "Malachim" is a plural form from Hebrew (ืžืœืืš, mal'ach) and means "angels" or "messengers", see Angels in Judaism.

  8. Theophory in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    [note 1] Much Hebrew theophory occurs in the Bible, particularly in the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible). The most prominent theophory involves names referring to: El, a word meaning might, power and (a) god in general, and hence in Judaism, God and among the Canaanites the name of the god who was the father of the 70 Sons of God, including Yahweh ...

  9. Biblical Aramaic - Wikipedia

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    Biblical Hebrew is the main language of the Hebrew Bible. Aramaic accounts for only 269 [10] verses out of a total of over 23,000. Biblical Aramaic is closely related to Hebrew, as both are in the Northwest Semitic language family. Some obvious similarities and differences are listed below: [11]