2007-01-21 17:20:52 · 24 answers · asked by Zhukov 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Only in the Bible that translated to English. In other languages they have different names.
2007-01-21 17:24:15 · answer #1 · answered by Speck Schnuck 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus' name was more likely to be "Yeshua". When the Bible was translated into English, some names were translated into English versions of the same names. Common names have lots of translations in different languages. Take the name "John" for example, which is "Juan" in Spanish and "Jean" in French. Make sense?
2007-01-21 17:31:21 · answer #2 · answered by Mary 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The names in the bible are very old. Not English. Thousands of years old.
My own name means honey bee in greek and is about 4000 years old. Names, and their derivatives, change over time but most come from much older times and areas.
2007-01-21 17:24:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They have Spanish names if you read a Spanish Bible. Most of the names are just the English equivalants. Matthias= Matthew, Yehoshua = Jesus etc
2007-01-21 17:24:48 · answer #4 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Obviously you have only read the bible in English
2007-01-21 17:24:53 · answer #5 · answered by October 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A lot of "English" names are actually Greek or Hebrew names that have been "anglicized", that is, given a more English spelling and pronunciation. One example is Jacob. Hebrew in origin, it was originally Yacob. It also became James. In Spanish, St. Jacob (or St. James) became Santiago.
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2007-01-21 19:23:59 · answer #6 · answered by Weird Darryl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it has been translated into English.
While it's true that many people have names based upon biblical ones, the names they currently have are still the anglicized version of the original biblical names in hebrew or aramaic or greek.
2007-01-21 17:25:02 · answer #7 · answered by special-chemical-x 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most are English translations/
2007-01-21 17:25:14 · answer #8 · answered by Legandivori 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wrong ,most people have Bible names.<><
2007-01-21 17:23:40 · answer #9 · answered by funnana 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
people in the bible have hebrew names, which are anglicized in english versions of the bible.
eve = chava
moses = moshe
aaron = aharon
solomon = shlomo
etc
2007-01-21 17:25:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋