- 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...
- 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...
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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...
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Abdias may
refer to:
Obadiah or Abdias, a
Biblical theophorical name Book of Abdias, the
shortest book in the
Hebrew Bible Abdias of Babylon, said to have...
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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"...
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Shahar "Dawn" is a god in
Ugaritic and
Canaanite religion first mentioned in
inscriptions found in
Ugarit (now Ras Shamra, Syria).
William F. Albright...
- 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...
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Daniel (Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל) is a
masculine given name and a
surname of
Hebrew origin. It
means "God is my judge" and
derives from two
early biblical figures...
- 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...
- form with "abd". See:
Abdul Quddus, Male
theophoric given name
Ruhul Quddus (disambiguation), Male
theophoric given name
Quddus (TV personality) (born...
