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Definition of theophoric in English: theophoric(also theophorous) adjectiveθɪəˈfɒrɪkTHēəˈfôrik Bearing the name of a god. Example sentencesExamples - A great number of the nobility took theophorous (god-bearing) names compounded with Mithras.
- The ‘fish’ sign could then be a rebus forming part of a theophoric name - a very common occurrence in Indian culture, where people are often named after gods and goddesses.
- Apparently the technical word to describe these names is theophoric (literally, ‘carrying God’) or theophorous.
- Both Isaac and Jacob are abbreviated theophorous names.
- Punic names were characteristically theophoric, and the Romanizing upper classes of North Africa typically assumed Latin names that retained the religious or moralistic connotations of the originals.
- They gave themselves theophorous or god bearing names: you can hear the ‘ya’ in such names as Ananiah, Azariah, and Hilkiah.
- He can of course say this carelessly only because there is no doubt about his divine status; moreover it cannot be questioned that the first element is theophorous in the strictest sense.
- Among the various economic documents Pettinato translated were names with a theophorous element, which he read as ‘Ya’.
- Note that Shelumiel holds the record for theophoric elements in his name.
- In Egypt and Israel, theophoric names were used to induce a deity to place a person under his or her protection.
- Surprisingly, however, they are not attested in any Western Iranian theophoric names.
- In this context, these theophoric elements are abbreviations of the divine name.
- The name of this deity was used in theophoric personal names in a number of Canaanite cities and continues in use in Israel today.
- The theophoric element ‘nabu’ appears in names like Nabonaid, Nabopolasser, and Nabuchadnezzer.
- However, among the ancient Semites there existed a common custom to use theophorous names.
- Finally Parker raises, but unfortunately has not space to pursue, the important issue of the light changes in patterns of theophoric name usage may shed on changes in religious attitudes.
- From the 5th Dynasty on, there would be only a few kings that did not have the theophorous element ‘Re’ in their praenomen.
- More generally there were contractions in the theophoric names.
- It occurred among the Arabs of later times, in theophorous names and on its own.
- Gerard Gertoux does an extensive review of the Hebrew theophoric names in his books, and a section on the theophoric names is on the net.
Rhymes aleatoric, allegoric, anaphoric, camphoric, categoric, choric, Doric, euphoric, historic, metaphoric, meteoric, phantasmagoric, phosphoric, pyrophoric, semaphoric, sophomoric, Warwick, Yorick Definition of theophoric in US English: theophoric(also theophorous) adjectiveTHēəˈfôrik Bearing the name of a god. Example sentencesExamples - Both Isaac and Jacob are abbreviated theophorous names.
- More generally there were contractions in the theophoric names.
- From the 5th Dynasty on, there would be only a few kings that did not have the theophorous element ‘Re’ in their praenomen.
- In Egypt and Israel, theophoric names were used to induce a deity to place a person under his or her protection.
- Punic names were characteristically theophoric, and the Romanizing upper classes of North Africa typically assumed Latin names that retained the religious or moralistic connotations of the originals.
- Surprisingly, however, they are not attested in any Western Iranian theophoric names.
- He can of course say this carelessly only because there is no doubt about his divine status; moreover it cannot be questioned that the first element is theophorous in the strictest sense.
- Gerard Gertoux does an extensive review of the Hebrew theophoric names in his books, and a section on the theophoric names is on the net.
- However, among the ancient Semites there existed a common custom to use theophorous names.
- A great number of the nobility took theophorous (god-bearing) names compounded with Mithras.
- Among the various economic documents Pettinato translated were names with a theophorous element, which he read as ‘Ya’.
- Apparently the technical word to describe these names is theophoric (literally, ‘carrying God’) or theophorous.
- The theophoric element ‘nabu’ appears in names like Nabonaid, Nabopolasser, and Nabuchadnezzer.
- They gave themselves theophorous or god bearing names: you can hear the ‘ya’ in such names as Ananiah, Azariah, and Hilkiah.
- Finally Parker raises, but unfortunately has not space to pursue, the important issue of the light changes in patterns of theophoric name usage may shed on changes in religious attitudes.
- It occurred among the Arabs of later times, in theophorous names and on its own.
- The ‘fish’ sign could then be a rebus forming part of a theophoric name - a very common occurrence in Indian culture, where people are often named after gods and goddesses.
- In this context, these theophoric elements are abbreviations of the divine name.
- The name of this deity was used in theophoric personal names in a number of Canaanite cities and continues in use in Israel today.
- Note that Shelumiel holds the record for theophoric elements in his name.
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