- 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...
-
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"...
- kāʼēl, 'Who [is] like-El', in Aramaic: ܡܝܟܐܝܠ (Mīkhāʼēl [miχaˈʔel]). The
theophoric name is
often read as a
rhetorical question – "Who [is] like [the Hebrew...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
husband of Eos and a hero-figure in Gr**** mythology.
Cephalus carried as a
theophoric name by
historical persons. The root of this name is κεφαλ,
meaning "head"...
-
Early Dynastic god
lists from Fara and Abu Salabikh. Additionally, the
theophoric name Ur-Sherida is
known from
Lagash and Ur.
Gebhard J. Selz [de] notes...
