Mikki's Posts

Finishing up Dave's question "What does YAHWEH mean and how is that different than Elohim?" There are a number of sites that can be found such as http://mb-soft.com/believe/txh/namesgod.htm , http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Names_of_G-d/YHVH/yhvh.html , http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=52&letter=N , http://www.blueletterbible.org/study/misc/name_god.cfm#link14 . These provide good information to get started. I know I really should get to a library and look up this stuff in actually reference books. The Internet can’t necessarily be trusted, blah, blah, blah… But the truth is I’m a child of technology. I don’t trust everything out there on the ‘net but there are a lot of great resources in cyberspace. At least that’s what I was thinking I would do. Then I procrastinated so long I figured I might as well go to the Indy Central Library and check it out. So I did. Anyway, back to God and the different names. What does YAHWAH mean? The simple answer...

Well, maybe not popular demand, but certainly requested. So big brother Dave, this one's for you. Sorry it took so long. I really meant to blog more these last weeks but I didn't follow through. So Dave's comment went something like "Next blog you should include the most precious name I know: Jesus. Find out how we got from Yeshua to Jesus and what does it mean in Hebrew anyway? What does YAHWEH mean and how is that different than Elohim?" Good questions Dave! Those seem like pretty straight forward inquiries. They weren’t. It took a little digging for credible online sources and references books at my mom’s. My first stop was the http://www.behindthename.com/ site. I’ve had a lot of good use out of that site. Back when I was researching Gaelic and Irish names for my 2nd unfinished novel I was scouring websites to find names that suited my characters personalities. Here’s what I found there… JESUS Gender: Masculine Usage: Theology , Biblical Pronounced: JEE...

First, the name 'Candace' is in the bible. Seriously I missed that! All the name meanings and origins were found at http://www.behindthename.com/ . Second, the meaning of the name Candace, which is... CANDACE Gender: Feminine Usage: English , Biblical (Variant) Pronounced: KAN-dis (English), kan -DAY-see (English), KAN-də-see (English) [key] From the hereditary title of the queens of Ethiopia, as mentioned in Acts in the New Testament . It is apparently derived from Cushitic kdke meaning "queen mother". In some versions of the Bible it is spelled Kandake , reflecting the Greek spelling Κανδακη . It was used as a given name by the Puritans after the Protestant Reformation . It was popularized in the 20 th century by a character in the movie 'Meet the Stewarts ' (1942). That is so cool! I'm reading chapter 7 of the Untold Story of the New Testament Church by Frank Viola. It covers the years 30 A.D to 41 A.D. I'm also reading ahead. A bad habit ...