Identifier: dictionaryofbibl01scha (find matches)
Title: A dictionary of the Bible..
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Schaff, Philip, 1819-1893
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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e ofAdam and Eve, Gen. 2 : 25; comj^ara-tively, to indicate that the usual outergarments were missing, 1 Sam. 19 : 24;John 21 : 7, the loin-cloth and the shirtbeing kept on ; and figuratively, to de-scribe spiritual destitution. Rev. 3 : 17. NAME. Gen. 2 : 19. A name is aword by which a thing, or more espe-cially a person, is made known. Thenames of places and of persons in theBible have for the most part, if not allof them, a special significance. As now,so then, children received their nameseither directly at birth (as Benjamin,Gen. 35 : 18) or later, as at circum-cision, Luke 1 : 59, and at the selectionof the mother (as Joseph, Gen. 30 : 24,and Samuel, 1 Sam. 1 : 20), or that ofthe father (Gershom, Ex. 2 : 22). Thenames were given in allusion to somecircumstance at the birth (Benoni, Gen.35 :18; Pharez, Gen. 38 : 29), or tosome event prior to it (Samuel, 1 Sam. 1:20), or to some condition or appearanceof the body (Esau, Gen. 25 : 25), or tosome hope (Joseph, Gen. 30 : 24), etc.595
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NAO NAP The same is true for localities. Bethel,Peniel, Gen. 32 : 30, Mahanaim, Gen.32 : 2, etc., recalled historical events. The names of persons were not infre-quently changed—Benoni to Benjamin,Gen. 35 : 18, Abram to Abraham, Gen.17 : 5, Jacob to Israel, Gen. 32 : 28, Solo-mon to Jedidiah. 2 Sam. 12 : 25, etc. Thename is also sometimes emphasized asthe true indication of character or ofthe persons circumstances. Abigailthus emphasizes her husbands name,Nabal (fool), 1 Sam. 25:25; Esau,Jacobs (supplanter), Gen. 27:36;Naomi, her own ( my delight). Ruth1 : 20. There are some words which appearmore frequently in compounds of propernames than others, and to which we willrefer in passing. Beer means well(Beersheba, well of the oath, Gen.21 : 31); Beth means house (Bethle-hem, house of bread); En meansfountain (En-gedi, fountain of thekid); El means God (Samuel,asked of God, 1 Sam. 1:20; Eli-sha, God is salvation). On theother hand, Bath means daughter(Bathsheba), while Ben and Bar mean

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