Request: Right-click to be able to look up meanings of Hebrew/Greek words in Biblical People to find

Rosie Perera

Better yet, why not include a short gloss for the meaning of the name in the Biblical People panel itself?

George Somsel

Rosie Perera said:

Better yet, why not include a short gloss for the meaning of the name in the Biblical People panel itself?

I suppose it would be of some interest to know whence a name was derived, but names have a way of losing their connection to the etymology in actual usage.  Does anyone know what "George" means ?

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That's right !  "Farmer."  My dad always wanted to retire to a farm though he never did (He was also named "George" as was my grandfather and my son).

Rosie Perera

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George Somsel said:

I suppose it would be of some interest to know whence a name was derived, but names have a way of losing their connection to the etymology in actual usage.  Does anyone know what "George" means ?

That's true in English, and perhaps for many biblical names, too. But the Bible often makes a big deal of the meanings of people's names and how pertinent they are to that person's life or personality. E.g., Isaac means "he laughs" because his mother laughed when she was told she would have a son. Jacob means "he grasps the heel" (because he came out of his mother grasping his brother's heel) or "he cheats" (and he grew up to be a cheater). Esau means "red" because he was ruddy in appearance on birth. Naomi means "pleasant" but she felt she should be renamed Mara ("bitter") because of her misfortune in losing her husband and two sons. There are dozens of such etymological significances to names in Scripture. You can find this info out in footnotes in some Study Bibles, and you can right click on the Biblical text in interlinear versions to look up the meaning of the Hebrew or Greek word behind the name. But it would be nice to be able to do that while exploring people through Biblical People.