http://scripturalnames.com names and titles in the original biblical languages Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:04:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://scripturalnames.com/2008/04/06/mary/ http://scripturalnames.com/2008/04/06/mary/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:12:12 +0000 Tim Carriker http://scripturalnames.com/2008/04/06/mary/ 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”:

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