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While nameless in the Bible (Genesis 4:22; Gen. 7:7), apocryphal literature lists 103 variations of her name and personality. [ 1 ] Some apocryphal literature identified her with Naamah , the daughter of Lamech , [ citation needed ] and thus a descendant of Cain , but the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit states that Noah's wife was one of his ...
The wives aboard Noah's Ark were part of the family that survived the Deluge in the biblical Genesis flood narrative from the Bible. These wives are the wife of Noah, and the wives of each of his three sons. Although the Bible only notes the existence of these women, there are extra-biblical mentions regarding them and their names.
Appears in the Bible at: Genesis 4:17 Name: Delbora source: Golden Legend, [3] which also tells stories about many of the saints. Appears in the Bible at: Genesis 4 See also: Balbira and Kalmana, Azura and Awan for alternate traditions of names.
In many French-speaking countries, Jean is a male name derived from the Old French Jehan (or Jahan). The female equivalent is Jeanne ( French: [ʒan] ) and derives from the Old French Jehanne . Both names derive from the Latin name Johannes , itself from the Koine Greek name Ioannes (Ιωαννης), the name used for various New Testament ...
Bible translations into French date back to the Medieval era. [1] After a number of French Bible translations in the Middle Ages, the first printed translation of the Bible into French was the work of the French theologian Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples in 1530 in Antwerp. This was substantially revised and improved in 1535 by Pierre Robert Olivétan.
Michel is a name used today in France, Canada, Belgium and other French-speaking countries. [citation needed] It can be both a given name and a surname of Hebrew origin, derived from Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל / מיכאל [miχaˈʔel], meaning Who Is Like God?
Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635), French explorer of Canada; Samuel Clemens, birth name of Mark Twain (1835–1910), American author and humorist; Samuel Taylor Coleridge, (1772–1834), English poet; Samuel Colt (1814–1862), American inventor and industrialist; Samuel Conway (born 1965), American chemical researcher and furry convention organizer
Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (petros) meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation of Aramaic כיפא ( Kefa), the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona , referred in English as Saint Peter .