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- A theophoric name (from Gr****: θεόφορος, theophoros, literally "bearing or carrying a god") embeds the word equivalent of 'god' or God's name in a person's...
- being one of the names of God in Islam, which would form a Muslim Arabic theophoric name. Such as Abdullah simply meaning "Servant of God" while "Abdul Aziz"...
- form with "abd". See: Abdul Quddus, Male theophoric given name Ruhul Quddus (disambiguation), Male theophoric given name Quddus (TV personality) (born...
- majesty, such as "The Haughty". The Arabic names of God are used to form theophoric given names commonly used in Muslim cultures throughout the world, mostly...
- Theophory is the practice of embedding the name of a god or a deity in, usually, a proper name. Much Hebrew theophory occurs in the Bible, particularly...
- of the most po****r deities. While well attested in ritual texts and theophoric names, he does not play a large role in Ugaritic mythology. An omen text...
- This is a list of Arabic theophoric names. Following are names consisting of the appellation ʿabd al-, 'servant of' followed by one of the names ****ociated...
- non-Christian names, even theophoric names such as Dionysios or Sarapion, continued to be borne by Christians — a reminder that a theophoric name could become...
- Persian 𐎷𐎡𐎰𐎼𐎭𐎠𐎫 Miθradāta) is the ****enistic form of an Iranian theophoric name, meaning "given by Mithra". Its Modern Persian form is Mehrdad. It...
- midwife", some researchers treat them as one deity. However, while in theophoric names with elements such as ma-ma the identification of the deity invoked...