The name Christopher can be traced back to Greek-speaking early Christians, who used the name Christophoros. It was likely used to signify one’s devotion to Jesus, evoking the idea that they carry Christ in their hearts. As Christianity gained popularity throughout the centuries, common Christi...
Christopher noun(2) Example Sentences Advertisement AmericanBritishCultural [kris-tuh-fer] Phonetic (Standard)IPA noun Saint,died a.d. c250,Christian martyr. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “Christ-bearer.” Discover More
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I am quite sure that I have much more knowledge of what it’s like actually to be a Christian than Christopher (whose name in Greek means “Christ-bearer” by the way). I’m sure he’d quite happily grant me this advantage over him. And I’m positive that I know the New Testament...
So you hear that English use the word ‘bloody’ as an expletive all the time. I just learned the German wordblödewhich translates as stupid. It sounds a bit like the English bloody and is similar in meaning. It’s an intensifier in German but not as intense as it is in British ...
Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of the epic Greek saga starts shooting in a couple of months, meaning we’ll soon learn more about the movie. ByMarco Vito Oddo Movies 01.22.25 Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Adds Another Major Marvel Star to Its Cast ...
The region of this figural heaven where Ni 368 and Sladek’s dissertation nominally abide is a storehouse of deities and their paraphernalia called Omnika – a portmanteau of Greek and Egyptian words meaning, in effect, “all of human consciousness.” Inanna is us. Just as no scribe, ...
has for eons symbolized wisdom. It is also a reminder that witches were originally prophets — seers like the blind man Tiresias and the woman Cassandra in Greek mythology; astrologers like the wizard Merlin, in Arthurian legends, who studied the heavens and could foresee the future. They could...
Greek mythology made up of parts of a rooster, snake, and lion which could turn a man to stone by its gaze: the Basilisk. This name derives from the Greek basilískos (ßas???s???) meaning "little king". This epithet was given in Carolus Linnaeus' 10th edition of Systema Naturae....
By the way, his name was Joshua. Jesus is the Greek translation of the HebrewYeshua,which is Joshua. Christ is not a last name. It’s the Greek for messiah, a Hebrew word meaning anointed. I have no idea what the “H” in Jesus H. Christ stood for. It’s one of the things I...