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Meanings of Proper Names
Title
Meanings of Proper Names
Publication Type
Chart
Year of Publication
2002
Authors
Welch, John W. (Primary), and Hall, John F. (Primary)
Number
13-5
Publisher
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies
City
Provo, UT
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Abstract
Many names of Hebrew and Greek derivation have special or natural meanings. Some of the most prominent names that occur in the New Testament are given along with their meanings in chart 13-5. Although these meanings are not deeply significant (a person today whose last name is Brown or North or the like is not thought of as a color or a cardinal direction), occasionally the texts of the New Testament make word plays or symbolic uses of a person’s name.
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