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[Facts] Meaning of the name Gammaliel

by Maria (guest)

6/14/2001, 11:03 AM

I know the name appears in the Bible, he was an istructor to the Apostle Paul. Could somebody tell me the meaning of the name?

Thanks.

#Gammaliel

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- Selwyn (guest)

6/14/2001, 2:24 PM

Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur

Hi Maria ,

There is one more named Gamaliel in the bibel, whom you can read about in the Old Testament in the fourth book of Moses (Numbers).
His name is mentioned specifically in chapter 1, 2, 7 and 10.

-Selwyn

- Nanaea +6

6/14/2001, 11:39 AM

According to Rev. Roswell D. Hitchcock who wrote his now-famous Bible Names Dictionary back in the 19th century, "Gamaliel" means either "recompense of God" or "camel of God".

http://www.livingweb.com/library/projects/hitchcock/g.htm

-- Nanaea

- Pavlos (guest) +5

6/14/2001, 12:40 AM

Checked www.livingweb.com/library/projects/hitchcock/n.htm but - as I suspected - Hitchcock was probably too stumped with Nanaea :)

- Nanaea +4

6/14/2001, 1:15 PM

I think the good Reverend Hitchcock was a Protestant Christian , and the second book of the Maccabees (in which my namesake appears) most likely wouldn't have been in his bible. It appears in the Jewish Tanakh, however -- and I think (but I'm not sure) in Roman Catholic bibles. Is it in Greek Orthodox bibles, too?

BTW, I checked for my name, too, on that website. Just in case. :)

-- Nanaea

- Pavlos (guest) +1

6/15/2001, 2:22 AM

Good old *Nanaia* does appear in Greek Orthodox bibles :)

- Nanaea

6/15/2001, 4:58 AM

Hey, that's cool! :)

- Daividh (guest) +1

6/14/2001, 6:00 PM

It Also Appears In II Kabalarians 77:34... : )

- Nanaea

6/15/2001, 5:00 AM

LOL!

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