Questions tagged [onomastics]
Onomastics or onomatology is the study of the significance, usage, and etymology of names. Questions about names of God should additionally be thus tagged.
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Bethesda or Bethzatha in John 5:2?
John 5:2
Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called
in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes. (NASB1995)
In Jerusalem there is a pool with five covered porches. In Aramaic ...
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How To Read the 17 Prophetic Books (Repeat) [closed]
(I originally posted this question in https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/111250/how-to-read-the-17-books-of-prophecy/111269#111269 || but I want to post it here for visibility sake among ...
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What are the biblical and etymological support for the translation of Jesus' name? Luke 2:21? [duplicate]
Luke 2:21 Literal Standard Version
And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the Child, then was His Name called Jesus, having been so called by the messenger before His being conceived in the ...
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Does God attribute significance to His name itself, or is the importance rooted in the identity of the one whom His name represents?
The way I worded this question makes the answer seem obvious; however, when reading the verses, it appears that God does put great significance on his name. Here are only a few of probably hundreds of ...
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What is the good news (gospel) hidden in the names of Genesis 5? [closed]
What is the good news (gospel) hidden in the Hebrew names of Genesis 5?
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How long did Abimelech reign as king of Gerar?
In Genesis 20:2-4 we read that Abimelech was king of Gerar when Abraham declared Sarah as his sister.
Genesis 20:2- And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar ...
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Why is Pharaoh without definite article?
The word פרעה (paroh, pharaoh) is mentioned more than 200 times in the Bible and it is always used without the definite article ה (ha), although titles usually have it like the word המלך (ha-melech, ...
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Why does the Septuagint us ph for the name Philistines?
Reading the ever-surprising Timeline of the name Palestine, I noticed that the Egyptian, Assyrian, and biblical Hebrew have a "P" as the first consonant of the names equivalent to Peleshet/...
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What does the name Sarah and Sarai really mean?
God changes Sarai's name in Genesis 17:15 to Sarah.
15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
I've found some information ...
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Does "most excellent Theophilus" mean more than just a greek person's name?
Luke 1:3
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all
things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent
Theophilus.
The etomology of theophilus means &...
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Does the Hebrew name 'Jacob' (יַעֲקֹב) mean 'God supplants'?
In the New American Standard, Genesis 25: 26 reads
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's
heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years
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What are some sources about the idea of official titles being mistaken as proper names in the Bible?
I'm looking for scholarship on the phenomenon of the Bible treating official titles as though they were proper names. Examples of this seem to include: Pharaoh, Abimelekh, Rabshakeh (maybe Agag?), all ...
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Are there names in the Gen ch. 5 genealogy which are derivative of the similar names in the Gen ch. 4 genealogy or viceversa?
The Gen ch. 5 genealogy seems to have been built from the Gen ch. 4 genealogy by repeating the pair (Adam - Cain) as (Enosh - Kenan), slightly changing 3 names, and then switching the positions of ...
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Why is "Melchizedek" translated as a name?
The Hebrew text translated as "Melchizedek" actually forms a phrase in Hebrew meaning "my king is righteous" or perhaps "my righteous king." Why is it not translated ...
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Difference in Names between Douay-Rheims and King James
I use BibleHub.com which provides Greek and Hebrew presumably original texts.
I like the Douay-Rheims Bible (DRB) because, on casual observation, it seems closer usually to the original. That is, it ...
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