Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Balthazar (also spelled Balthasar, Balthassar, or Baltazar), from Akkadian 𒂗𒈗𒋀 Bel-shar-uzur, meaning "Bel protects the King" is the name commonly attributed to Balthazar (magus), one of the Three Wise Men, at least in the west.
Balthazar, also called Balthasar, Balthassar, and Bithisarea, [1] was, according to Western Christian tradition, one of the three biblical Magi along with Caspar and Melchior who visited the infant Jesus after he was born. Balthazar is traditionally referred to as the King of Arabia and gave the gift of myrrh to Jesus. [2]
The three Magi (named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior), from Herrad of Landsberg's Hortus deliciarum (12th century) The names and origins of the Magi are never given in scripture, but have been provided by various traditions and legends. [28] Among Western Christians, the earliest and most common names are: Melchior (/ ˈ m ɛ l k i ɔːr ...
This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with B 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.
Balthazar (given name), including a list of people with the name; Balthazar (magus), a name commonly attributed to one of Three Wise Men; Balthasar of Werle (c. 1375–1421), Lord of Werle-Güstrow; Balthasar, Duke of Mecklenburg (1451–1507) Balthasar of Żagań (c. 1415–1472), a Duke of Żagań-Przewóz
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 ...
The name Piravom in the local Malayalam language translates to "birth". It is believed that the name originated from a reference to the Nativity of Jesus . There is a concentration of three churches named after the Biblical Magi in and around Piravom, as against only another three so named in the rest of India.
This table is a list of names in the Bible in their native languages. This table is only in its beginning stages. There are thousands of names in the Bible. It will take the work of many Wikipedia users to make this table complete.