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Bruce101
7th May 2005, 01:56 PM
I have a chart that lists the names of the twelve talmidum and their transliterated names.
However, two of them are not transliterated.
Andrew (Simon Peter's brother) and Philip.
Is there no Hebrew for Andrew and Philip?
Bruce
Sephania
7th May 2005, 03:23 PM
From what I understand Peter,Phillip and Andrew are greek names.
Philip is greek and supposedly stands for "lover of horses"
Bruce101
7th May 2005, 09:28 PM
Seeing that Peter and Andrew are brothers, it would be logical that they both have Greek names, however Peter was more of a nick-name name, Simon, (Shimon) was his correct name, if memory serves me correctly. Since Hellenization, it must have been alright culturally to be known by a Greek name.
Bruce
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