Discovery Box| (0.42) | (1Sa 7:12) | 2 sn The name Ebenezer (אֶבֶן הָעָזֶר) means “stone of help” in Hebrew (cf. TEV); NLT adds the meaning parenthetically after the name. |
| (0.42) | (Rut 4:5) | 7 tn Heb “in order to raise up the name of the deceased over his inheritance” (NASB similar); NRSV “to maintain the dead man’s name on his inheritance.” |
| (0.42) | (Rut 1:2) | 1 sn The name “Elimelech” literally means “My God [is] king.” The narrator’s explicit identification of his name seems to cast him in a positive light. |
| (0.42) | (Jdg 18:29) | 1 tn Heb “They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who had been born to Israel.” |
| (0.42) | (Jos 10:24) | 1 tn Heb “Joshua.” The translation has replaced the proper name with the pronoun (“he”) because a repetition of the proper name here would be redundant according to English style. |
| (0.42) | (Deu 3:14) | 3 sn Havvoth Jair. The Hebrew name means “villages of Jair,” the latter being named after a son (i.e., descendant) of Manasseh who took the area by conquest. |
| (0.42) | (Exo 15:3) | 2 tn Heb “Yahweh is his name.” As throughout, the name “Yahweh” is rendered as “the Lord” in the translation, as is typically done in English translations. |
| (0.42) | (Gen 25:26) | 2 tn Heb “And he called his name Jacob.” Some ancient witnesses read “they called his name Jacob” (see v. 25). In either case the subject is indefinite. |
| (0.42) | (Gen 25:25) | 4 tn Heb “And they called his name Esau.” The name “Esau” (עֵשָׂו, ʿesav) is not etymologically related to שֵׂעָר (seʿar), but it draws on some of the sounds. |
| (0.42) | (Gen 17:19) | 1 tn Heb “will call his name Isaac.” The name means “he laughs,” or perhaps “may he laugh” (see the note on the word “laughed” in v. 17). |
| (0.42) | (Gen 16:15) | 1 sn Whom Abram named Ishmael. Hagar must have informed Abram of what the angel had told her. See the note on the name “Ishmael” in 16:11. |
| (0.42) | (Gen 16:11) | 4 sn This clause gives the explanation of the name Ishmael, using a wordplay. Ishmael’s name will be a reminder that “God hears” Hagar’s painful cries. |
| (0.40) | (Rev 20:15) | 2 tn The word “name” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. |
| (0.40) | (1Ti 6:1) | 2 tn Grk “that the name…may not be slandered” (a continuation of the preceding sentence). |
| (0.40) | (Act 21:2) | 2 sn Phoenicia was the name of an area along the Mediterranean coast north of Palestine. |
| (0.40) | (Act 17:7) | 4 tn The word “named” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied for clarity. |
| (0.40) | (Act 5:28) | 3 sn The name (i.e., person) of Jesus is the constant issue of debate. |
| (0.40) | (Act 3:16) | 1 tn Grk “in his name”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.40) | (Joh 21:1) | 2 sn The Sea of Tiberias is another name for the Sea of Galilee (see 6:1). |
| (0.40) | (Joh 14:13) | 1 tn Grk “And whatever you ask in my name, I will do it.” |
