and in the previous post, my reply is that there’s plenty in a name. i reflected a bit on our team name/identity/birthright. so, just out of curiosity and as my obligatory “hey-y’all-these-people-are-my-teammates” post, i browsed the web for the definitions of their names.
so this is our quasi-official family portrait. . .
standing, left to right: ben, neil, dennis
seated, left to right: bev, carly, sara, brenda
in alphabetical order by first name, here’s the dunamis ohana (i used behindthename.com):
ben: “son of the south” or “son of the right hand”. . . the twelfth and
youngest son of jacob and the founder of one of the southern tribes of
the hebrews. (hebrew)
youngest son of jacob and the founder of one of the southern tribes of
the hebrews. (hebrew)
bev:
“beaver stream” (old english). . . it became common as an american feminine name after the publication of george barr mccutcheon’s novel beverly of graustark (1904).
brenda: “sword” (english, old norse)
carly: “army, warrior” (french, german)
dennis: the greek god “dionysos”. . . a judge who was converted to christianity by paul (acts 17:34) (medieval french, latin, greek)
neil: “champion” or “cloud” (gaelic/irish, scottish, english)
cornelius: “horn” (latin). in acts. . . cornelius was a centurion who was directed by an angel to seek peter. after speaking with peter he converted to christianity, and he is
traditionally deemed the first gentile convert.
cornelius: “horn” (latin). in acts. . . cornelius was a centurion who was directed by an angel to seek peter. after speaking with peter he converted to christianity, and he is
traditionally deemed the first gentile convert.
sara: “lady” or “princess” (hebrew).
some of the etymologies seem kinda random, but i think all in all, each of us have a dynamic name. and because of the Name we all bear – Christ – we are truly dunamis-ful.
