Deus vs Theos vs God vs Allah vs Yahweh

[ProVobis]

Is that a problem?

Sure, especially if you translate it back to the Latin or Greek.

 

[davidv]

Sure, especially if you translate it back to the Latin or Greek.

Why is this problem? When something is properly translated the meaning remains the same.

 

[ProVobis]

Thank you, that never occured to me before!

Gabri El
Micha El
Uri El
Rapha El

Isn’t “el” also an article before a masculine noun in Spanish?

 

[Nooj]

Thank you, that never occured to me before!

Gabri El
Micha El
Uri El
Rapha El

Technically they’re called theophoric names, because they contain the name of a god (theos meaning god in Greek). Michael for example means ‘who is like El?’. Hebrew isn’t the only that does this. Christopher is a theophoric name meaning Christ-bearer for example. Or the name Mary might well be a borrowing from the very common ancient Egyptian name ‘mrjt + name of god’ which means beloved of X god.