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Names play a variety of roles in the Bible. They sometimes relate to the nominee's role in a biblical narrative , as in the case of Nabal , a foolish man whose name means "fool". [ 1 ] Names in the Bible can represent human hopes, divine revelations , or are used to illustrate prophecies .
Platon was a fairly common name (31 instances are known from Athens alone), [17] including people named before Plato was born. Robin Waterfield states that Plato was not a nickname, but a perfectly normal name, and "the common practice of naming a son after his grandfather was reserved for the eldest son", not Plato. [ 13 ]
This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with P 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.
The word itself is a relative term, capable of many shades of meaning, according to the subject with which it is joined and the antithesis to which it is contrasted. It denotes the result of the action of the verb pleroun; but pleroun is either to fill up an empty thing (e.g. Matthew 13:48), or; to complete an incomplete thing (e.g. Matthew 5:17);
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.
The Bible is a collection of canonical sacred texts of Judaism and Christianity.Different religious groups include different books within their canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material into canonical books.
Platon’s new book, The Defenders: Heroes of the Fight for Global Human Rights, is a visual commemoration of powerful figures around the world. The book, weighing in at nearly 9.5 pounds and 560 ...
Platon Yakovlevich Gamaleya (1766–1817), Russian Empire naval officer and navigation scientist of Ukrainian origin Platon Zakharchuk (born 1972), Russian football coach and former player Platon Zubov (1767–1822), last of Catherine the Great's favorites and the most powerful man in the Russian Empire during the last years of her reign