The name Azriel is associated with the Angel of Death in Jewish traditions. It’s a Hebrew name meaning “God is my help” and is commonly spelled Asriel and Azrael. 6. Bartholomew Bartholomew, a Hebrew name meaning “son of the furrow,” has been a less popular choice for centuries. H...
Both names occurred in antiquity and both are spelled the same in Hebrew. It's even worse than that: Zion, to us also known as "the city of David," was once upon a time known as "the city of Dod," where Dod or Dodo was the local name of the sun-god. Hebrew names through the...
The name meaning is sad, but Leah remains a powerful figure in biblical accounts. Leah had a sad story as the unloved wife of Jacob, who preferred her younger sister, Rachel. According to the Old Testament, Jacob loved Rachel but was tricked by his father-in-law into marrying Leah, the...
Meaning: "place of pleasure, delight" Description: Eden is an attractive, serene name with obvious intimations of Paradise, one of several place names drawn from the Bible by the Puritans in the seventeenth century. Eden Continued Zion Origin: Hebrew Meaning: "highest point" Description: Zio...
Mount Zion, the city of David and the eternal possession of God Most High, will be the holy city where all will assemble to worship Him. “At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerus...
11 Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the voice, I shall be a foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks, a foreigner to me. 12 Even so you, since you are zealous for the spiritual,let it befor the edification of the churchthatyou seek to excel. ...
So why did the people wave palm branches and place them at the feet of Jesus’ colt? No doubt, in Palestine, where Jesus ministered, there were plenty of palm trees scattered throughout the land. But what was themeaning of using palm trees?
But the word has not always that meaning, and may equally imply eminence in other respects, e.g. superior sanctity to the numerous other high places — Bethel, Ranmah, Mizpeh, Gibeah which surrounded it on every side. The main objection to this identification is the distance of neby Sam...
Women, as natives, residents, or professing the religion of certain places, as "the daughter of Zion" (Isa 3:16); "daughters of the Philistines" (2Sa 1:20); "daughter of a strange god" (Mal 2:11); daughters of men," i.e. carnal women (Ge 6:2), etc. ...
by the suitable term Χριστός, which becomes so illustrious in the N.T. as the official designation of the Holy Saviour. It is a verbal noun (see Simonis Arcanum Form. Hebr. Ling. p. 92 sq.), derived from מָשִׁח, and has much the same meaning as the ...