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Jade is a given name derived from the ornamental stone jade, which is used in artwork and in jewellery-making. The name is derived from the Spanish piedra de la ijada, which means "stone of the bowels". [1] There was a belief that when jade was placed on the stomach, it could cure colic in babies. [2] The stone is greatly valued in Asian countries.
This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with J in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.
Harper's Bible Dictionary: 1952 Madeleine S. and J. Lane Miller The New Bible Dictionary: 1962 J. D. Douglas Second Edition 1982, Third Edition 1996 Dictionary of the Bible: 1965 John L. McKenzie, SJ [clarification needed] The New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible: 1970 Henry Snyder Gehman LDS Bible Dictionary: 1979 Harper's Bible Dictionary ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Jaden is a unisex given name with roots in Hebrew, meaning "God has heard." [1] ... Jade (given name) Jadon; Jayden; References
Smith's Bible Dictionary, originally named A Dictionary of the Bible, is a 19th-century Bible dictionary containing upwards of four thousand entries that became named after its editor, William Smith. Its popularity was such that condensed dictionaries appropriated the title, "Smith's Bible Dictionary".
An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words is a cross-reference from key English words in the Authorized King James Version to the original words in the Greek texts of the New Testament. Written by William Edwy Vine (and often referred to as Vine's Expository Dictionary or simply Vine's ), the dictionary was published as a four volume set ...
Harper's Bible Dictionary is a scholarly reference book of the Bible, containing the texts of the Old Testament, the Apocrypha, and the New Testament. It is written by 180 members of the Society of Biblical Literature , edited by Paul J. Achtemeier , and containing 3500 articles and 400 photographs.
A one-volume dictionary with the same name was issued by the same publishers in 1909. It was described as "not a condensation of the five-volume set, but new and independent work". The editor was James Hastings, with the co-operation of John A. Selbie, and with the assistance of John C. Lambert and Shailer Mathews. 992 pages + xvi + 4 maps.