theophorous
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]theophorous (not comparable)
- Incorporating the name of a deity.
- 1975, G Parke-Taylor, (Yehovah): The Divine Name in the Bible, →ISBN, page 26:
- An objection to the Kenite hypothesis has been raised by T. J . Meek, on the basis that Jochebed, the name of Moses' mother, is a theophorous name containing as a prefix the element yō, implying that the family of Moses were Yahweh worshippers.
- 1981, Ernst Grumach, Kadmos - Volumes 20-22, page 151:
- Names of this sort, theophorous or basilophorous, were regularly given to foreigners residing in Egypt from the New Kingdom onwards, if not earlier; even Joseph was no exception.
- 2015, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher, The Religion of the Landless, →ISBN, page 36:
- The majority of the theophorous elements are based on Yah rather than el. Daiches believed that this was intended to make a clear theological distinction from el, which was a widely used Semitic term for a divinity.