Aramaic names

Darius in Aramaic

Darius the Great or Dārayavahuš in Old Persian was ruler of  the Persian Empire (Achaemenid) at its hight in the 5th century B.C.His name is mentioned in varius Aramaic documents like the Petition to Bagoas-a letter from the El…

The name Martha in Aramaic

The name Martha is thought to come from Hebrew and it means 'mistress'.Here is how it is written in the Aramaic block script (Hebrew) and the Syriac Estrangelo. Martha appears in the New Testament as the sister of Laza…

Simon Peter

Apostle Simon Peter was nicknamed Cepha (Κηφᾶς)  in Aramaic which means 'stone'.Peter (Πέτρος) is the exact translation of the name in Greek by which the apostle became widely known.Πέτρος( Petros) comes from the word πέ…

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