Showing posts with label Biblical Names. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biblical Names. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Keturah





Genesis 25:1 ... Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. 

 
Keturah [Hebrew] ~ Perfumed or fragrant.  ✿ 

Sunday, July 12, 2020

Jubilee



Leviticus 25:10 … And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.


Jubilee [English version Hebrew word Yobel] ~ Shout of joy

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Hatach


Esther 4:5-6 … Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.


Hatach [Persian] ~ Verily, Truthfully. 

Saturday, April 27, 2019

Deborah




And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. Judges 4:5




Deborah [Hebrew] ~ Honey Bee. ✿

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Hamutal



Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.  Jeremiah 52:1 


Hamutal [Hebrew] ~ Like the dew. 

Monday, June 5, 2017

Lucas


Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.  Philemon 1:24-25 


Lucas  [Hebrew] ~  Bringer of Light. 

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Abana



Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.  2 Kings 5:12



Abana [Hebrew] ~ Stony; made of stone.

Saturday, February 18, 2017

Asher





And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.  Genesis 30:13


Asher [Hebrew] ~ Happy, Blessed.



Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Eli






Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. 1 Samuel 1:17


Eli  [Hebrew] ~ Ascension.








Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Abigail



Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.  1 Samuel 25:18



Abigail [Hebrew] ~ My father rejoices.




Image: Doctrines of Faith

Saturday, April 9, 2016

Ebenezer



Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.  1 Samuel 7:12


Ebenezer [Hebrew] ~ Rock of Help.


Saturday, January 23, 2016

River




And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Revelation 22:1-2



River [Latin] ~ a river.

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Mary



Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.  Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.  But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.  And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.  Matthew 1:18-21

Mary [Anglicized version of Hebrew name Miriam]Rebellion, overthrow.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Joshua


Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,  Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.  Joshua 1:1-5


Joshua [Hebrew] ~ God is my salvation.

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Reuben




And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.  Genesis 29:32




Reuben [Hebrew] ~ Behold a son!



Monday, January 27, 2014

Angel




For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.  Psalm 91:11
Angel [Greek] ~ messenger of God.
 

 

Monday, January 13, 2014

Sapphire




And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.  Exodus 24:10
Sapphire [Hebrew] ~ a blue precious stone.

Monday, December 9, 2013

Fisher


And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.  And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.  Mark 1:17-18


Fisher [Latin / English] ~ one that fishes.

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Samson




And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.  Judges 13:24


Samson [Hebrew] ~ child of the sun.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

David





And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.   And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.  So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.  2 Samuel 6:13-15
David [Hebrew] ~ beloved.


Image: Yosef Dreams Jewish Art