And you shall name Him....The angel spoke to Joesph and said do not worry you shall...Matthew1: 20-21 But as he considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit; she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."
The Greek word used here for Jesus is based on the Hebrew yehoshua which means Yahweh saves. OH, and Praise God does He save! Amen..
The name, what is in the name? So much importance. Do you think anyone person is named by accident?
Let's look at two brothers and their names. Ephraim and Manasseh
Just truth, not my words but His Words, let the reader judge the words not the person...
Strong's Corcondance and the KJV......
Name no. 1
Mannasseh: Hebrew for H4519: מנשה
Transliteration: Mĕnashsheh
Root Word (Etymology) to forget, deprive
a) (Qal) to forget
b) (Niphal) to be forgotten
c) (Piel) to cause to forget
d) (Hiphil) to cause to forget, allow to be forgotten
Manasseh = "causing to forget"
1) the eldest son of Joseph and progenitor (1 a: an ancestor in the direct line) of the tribe of Manasseh
a) the tribe descended from Manasseh
b) the territory occupied by the tribe of Manasseh
2) son of king Hezekiah of Judah and himself king of Judah; he was the immediate and direct cause for the exile
3) a descendant of Pahath-moab who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
4) a descendant of Hashum who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
Name no. 2
Ephriam: Hebrew for H669 אפרים
Transliteration: 'Ephrayim
Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"
1) second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh
2) the tribe, Ephraim
3) the mountain country of Ephraim
4) sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah)
5) a city near Baal-hazor
6) a chief gate of Jerusalem
http://cf.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=0669&t=KJV
The Greek word used here for Jesus is based on the Hebrew yehoshua which means Yahweh saves. OH, and Praise God does He save! Amen..
The name, what is in the name? So much importance. Do you think anyone person is named by accident?
Let's look at two brothers and their names. Ephraim and Manasseh
Just truth, not my words but His Words, let the reader judge the words not the person...
Strong's Corcondance and the KJV......
Name no. 1
Mannasseh: Hebrew for H4519: מנשה
Transliteration: Mĕnashsheh
Root Word (Etymology) to forget, deprive
a) (Qal) to forget
b) (Niphal) to be forgotten
c) (Piel) to cause to forget
d) (Hiphil) to cause to forget, allow to be forgotten
Manasseh = "causing to forget"
1) the eldest son of Joseph and progenitor (1 a: an ancestor in the direct line) of the tribe of Manasseh
a) the tribe descended from Manasseh
b) the territory occupied by the tribe of Manasseh
2) son of king Hezekiah of Judah and himself king of Judah; he was the immediate and direct cause for the exile
3) a descendant of Pahath-moab who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
4) a descendant of Hashum who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
Name no. 2
Ephriam: Hebrew for H669 אפרים
Transliteration: 'Ephrayim
Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"
1) second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh
2) the tribe, Ephraim
3) the mountain country of Ephraim
4) sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah)
5) a city near Baal-hazor
6) a chief gate of Jerusalem
http://cf.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=0669&t=KJV