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[Facts] St. Andrew (Hebrew name required) read on....

by Paul "1" (guest)

11/23/2007, 12:45 PM

Several sources quote that Andrew (Greek) was a translation of his Hebrew name, but do not provide details of the original form?

Can anyone help with the Hebrew? and does it mean the same as Andrew meaning manly?

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- Andy ;—) (guest)

11/26/2007, 11:49 AM

I have never heard of Andrew being a translation of a Hebrew name. However, if you translate it back, you will most likely end up with GEVER, "man, strong man, brave man." And this is a biblical male name (1 Kings 4:19), though a very rare one. More popular is GABRIEL, which at least contains the word "gever."

- lizka

11/26/2007, 3:51 AM

no hebrew name is recorded in bible but he might be called in a greek name, Andreus. all i know is that he was a brother to Petros and son of Yona "Khaifa".

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