Scriptural Names

In Hebrew, “Miriam” was Moses’ oldest sister.

Mary, or Mariam, two alternative forms in Greek, which come from the Hebrew name, Miriam, could mean “sea of bitterness”, “rebelliousness”, and “wished for child”. But it is probably an Egyptian name, and may be derived partially from mry “beloved” or mr “love”. Here are the Greek forms”:

Literally, “Lord (absolute), Yahweh,” in Hebrew:

Jonah means “dove” in Hebrew and is written like this:

Jochanan is the Hebrew form of John and means “God (Yahweh) is gracious”:

Cephas means “stone” in Aramaic and is written like this:

Peter means “stone” in Greek and is written like this:

“John” comes from Johannes in Greek, which is derived from the Hebrew, Yochanan, which means, “Yahweh is gracious”. Here is the Greek form:

from the Hebrew for “Jacob”, this is the Greek form: