The Lantern

On Hebrew Names129

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Sicariorum: of drunkards.

Sebaste: I revolve, or am revolving; yet so that the letter Samech has the beginning.

Samonem: Name of a dwelling.

Syrtim: Narrowness, or tribulation: but Sallustius says that the name was imposed from the terrain.

Syracusae: Wall, or partition of happiness.

T.

Timonem: Counting thirst, or fatness.

Tabita: Losses or a goat.

Tyrii: Coangustati, as we said above, is declined from the Hebrew name Sor.

Troadem: rest.

Tyranni: Containing them or strengthening them.

Tertullus: Pleasing in the filth, or heap of them.

Tabernae: Their vision, or good vision.

Until now they were to be read in simple letter tau (τ), now they are to be read in Greek letter theta (θ).

Theophile: Lifting upward, or turning around; but better is the Greek etymology, from the fact that he was loved by God.

Thomas: Didymus, that is, twin, or abyss.

Theudas: Praise, or capture, or sign.

Tharsensis: Explorer of joy.

Thyatira: enlightened.

Thessalonicensium: To strengthen or to confirm the shadow of those in a hurry.

On the Canonical Epistles

James

Abraham: The father sees a multitude.

Elia: God of the Lord.

Esaia: Health of the Lord.