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Names Code from
Adam to Jesus
The
meaning of a name was considered very important
in bible days. Sometimes the bible itself
informs the reader what a name means. Such
renowned persons as Adam, Cain, Seth, Noah,
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (and all 12 sons), Perez,
Peleg and Jesus all have the meaning of their
name explicitly given in the bible. Their names
tell the story of why or how they were born.
Some students
of the bible have wondered whether these names
(with their meanings) might not be strung
together in succession to tell some larger
story. For if the meaning of these names do
indeed tell a story then this would imply that
God Himself arranged these names providentially
throughout the ages. This would help prove that
the genealogy of Christ is of divine origin in
spite of the tacit denials by such popular books
as "The Da Vinci Code".
Already there
have been attempts to string together the first
10 names in the bible from Adam to Noah. In
general, this is what the first 10 names of the
bible along the godly line of Seth can read when each name is rendered one
after the other in succession.
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"A
man is appointed, a man of sorrow.
The Blessed
God shall come down teaching
that His death
shall bring the grieving rest." |
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Hebrew |
English Meaning |
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Adam |
A man |
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Seth |
is appointed |
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Enosh |
a natural man |
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Kenan |
of sorrow |
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Mahalalel |
The Blessed God |
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Jared |
shall come down |
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Enoch |
teaching |
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Methuselah |
his death shall bring |
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Lamech |
the grieving |
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Noah |
rest |
But some of
the meanings of these first 10 names in the
genealogy of Christ remain in doubt. And
regrettably, this is true also of the next 10
names from Noah to Abraham. But all is not lost.
Fortunately, the next 40 names after that, as
recorded in Matthew's genealogy of Abraham to
Jesus, are reasonably certain. And the meaning
of these latter 40 names support the renderings
of the first 20 names.
A fascinating
prophecy emerges when all 60 names from Adam to
Jesus are sequentially read. In the following
reading, several names omitted in Matthew's
genealogy are here added, and when one person
has more than one name all names are used. Also,
the genealogy of Cain's line (who eventually
perished in the flood of Noah) are also added
here.
Moreover,
recently another type of bible code was
discovered within the first 20 names of this
same genealogy of Christ. The first letter of
each consecutive name from Adam to Abraham in
the original Hebrew forms an acrostic prophecy.
It is clear by the what this prophecy reads that
it is intended to be affixed to the
Meaning-of-Names Code.
The words in
brackets have been added as an aid to help
identify the historic time period in which a
particular name (with its meaning) refers to as
the genealogical code scrolls down from Adam to
Christ.
--- Simplified
Rendering of the Meaning-of-Names from Adam to
Christ ---
The
God-Man will come forth and instruct unruly
men (like Cain). This man of God will
be smitten to death, but his death will be
in the will of God. People will give up hope
as grief overwhelms them.
The God-Man is appointed to save, this man
of sorrow. The Glory
of God shall come down from heaven and teach
men that by means of His death He shall
comfort those who mourn.
(Post
Flood) The fame of the stronghold of
Babylon, and sorrow, extend their borders
like a plant beyond the place of division
(at the Tower of Babel). -- But I will make
Babylon fade away!
A
friend also branches out (like Abraham),
snorting with fury!
The Glorious Father --- the
Father of many people --- laughs as He
outwits (his enemy)!
A
mighty One (like Moses) struggles (in
prayer)! A righteous Prince sees God!
Praise bursts forth and makes an opening
into a place surrounded by a high wall.
There the people of the Prince (are safe)
from (Balaam) the false prophet. They
are clothed with strength!
For
there exists a Servant, one beloved and
peaceable. He will extend the territory of
the people (like King David and
Solomon).
My
Father is the Lord, the healer of him whom
the Lord judged and then raised up.
The Lord has taken hold of me and the Lord
is strong! Mighty is the Lord! My strength
and help are in the Lord! The Lord is
perfect! I took hold of the strength of the
Lord and it made me forget my misery. (I am)
the Master Builder whom the Lord God healed,
whom the Lord raised up, whom the Lord
appointed, and whom the Lord did uphold and
will uphold.
I have
asked God about the ransomed of the Lord ---
those exiled in Babylon. My Father is
awesome! God will raise up a helper, the
Just One will the Lord raise up! God is my
praise! God is the One who helps. May the
Gift of Jacob increase in greatness, for God
is with us! --- the Messiah and Savior of
those called out (of Babylon).
Notes:
The first paragraph represents the line of Cain
that perished in Noah's flood. The godly and
ungodly lines to Noah mirror each other as is
evident by the similar names used. This striking
similarity is the logic behind inserting Cain's
list first. However, for arguments sake, because
Cain's line merely compliments what the godly
line reads, therefore Cain's line (and thus the
first paragraph in bold letters) may be
omitted if the reader objects to its inclusion.
The righteous
line of Adam to Noah is listed after Cain's line
and continues on through to Jesus and His
"Church". The word "Church" is listed as the
last name in the genealogy because in a
theological sense the Church, which was "born"
just 50 days after Jesus died, spiritual
speaking caps off the genealogy of Jesus.
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Names follow
the genealogy in the Gospel of Matthew (ch. 1) coupled
with Gen. 5, 11, (Luke 3);
which in turn is mainly taken directly from the Old
Testament records. Exceptions are noted.
(Luke
has 77 names ---the number of forgiveness --- from Jesus
to Adam "the son of God".
The names after David differ from that of Matthew's
genealogy due to another method of tracing the lineage
of Jesus.)
Matthew has 60 names from Adam to Jesus if we complete
it back to Adam,
and 65 if the extra 4 or 5 names are added that Matthew
purposely left out for numeric reasons.
We have numbered the following according to Matthew's
reckoning.
This represents the most complete list of names that the
bible records.
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Names |
Literal meaning of names
"And", "but", "of", "the", "is/are" are included in
the meaning as mere connector words. Other additions
are bracketed. |
Notes and
Possible Meanings
(The notes
concentrate on the more difficult meanings.
The names Lord and Jah and Jehovah are used
interchangeably.) |
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0 |
God |
The God- |
"God", (from the word
meaning, "to be strong/mighty"). Luke's genealogy
begins with Jesus as the son of God" (Luke 3:22),
and ends with "Adam, who was the son of God". (Luke
3:38.) |
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1 |
Adam |
Man |
"Man"; "Mankind"
(Comes from the word meaning, "to be red", as in the
red earth [or red blood?]) |
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2 |
Seth |
is appointed; |
"Appointed";
"placed"; "put".
Gen 4:25 "And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore
a son, and called his name Seth: ...For God
has appointed me another seed instead of
Abel, because Cain has slain him." |
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3 |
Enosh |
A mortal man of |
"Man"; "mortal/frail
man". |
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4 |
Kenan |
sorrow. |
“Possession”;
"owner"; "spearman"; "smith"; but sounds like, and
may be related to the word for a 'dirge' or a
'wailing chant', hence "sorrow". |
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5 |
Mahalalel |
The Glory of God |
“The Praise of God”;
"The Fame of God"; "The Glory of God". (The messiah
is "the Glory and Praise of God", Heb. 1.) Note the
contrast of the fame/Glory of God here with the fame
of Babylon in #11-12. Also, #5-10 is being
contrasted with #11-15. |
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6 |
Jared |
shall come down |
“Coming down". (See
note #25.) |
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7 |
Enoch |
instructing that |
“Initiated”;
"dedicated". Strongs says, "A primitive root;
properly to narrow; figuratively to initiate or
discipline: - dedicate, train up." |
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8 |
Methuselah |
His death shall
bring |
“Man of the
missile/dart”; "His death shall bring". The latter
reading is the more sure (though not according to
etymology) in that "His death brought" the flood;
that is, Methuselah died just months before the
flood. Nevertheless, even the name "Man of the
dart/spear" perhaps suggests the type of death that
Messiah would die, for "He was pierced for our
transgressions," (Isa. 53). Also compare Methuselah
to his ungodly counterpart, Methushael, which can
mean, "His death is of God," or, "A Man who is of
God". The two similar sounding names help decipher
the intended meaning in the code because in both
lists the idea of "His death" is present and fits
the context. |
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9 |
Lamech |
those sinking down
in despair |
"Grieving", "poor";
"the strikerdown"; "the wildman"; "a strong youth";
"powerful". These are all possible meanings, but
none are certain. What is for sure, however, is that
the name sounds like the Hebrew phrase,
"Lamoch", meaning, "To sink down in despair", and so
it is rendered here. |
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10 |
Noah |
comfort/rest. |
"Rest"; "to
comfort".
Gen. 5:29 "And he called his name Noah, saying, This
[same] shall comfort us concerning our work
and toil of our hands, because of the ground which
the LORD hath cursed." This is a good example of how
a name can mean one thing by strict etymology, and
yet the bible applies another or like meaning to it
taken from another, but similar, root word. Strictly
speaking, "rest" is what "Noah" means, but the
Hebrew word for "comfort" sounds similar in Hebrew
and means much the same, and this is the meaning
chosen by the bible. |
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11 |
Shem |
The fame of |
"Fame", "Name". |
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12 |
Arphaxad |
the stronghold of Babylon and its
boundary
--- but I
will make Babylon sink down and fade away! --- |
"Stronghold of
Babylon"; "Boundary of Babylon"; "Wall of Babylon";
"(City of) Ur of Babylonia/Chalidees"
"Healer/Releaser". Sounds like, "I will abandon
Babylon"; or, "I will make Babylon sink down/fade
away", or, "He cursed the
breast".
This is a key name,
and nearly all the possible meanings fit well and
have been included. While there are several
different possibilities, there is increasing
agreement among scholars that the name refers to
Babylon in some way. This line of names that reads,
"The fame and/of the stronghold/boundary of Babylon
extends beyond the border/divide," ends with Peleg
and this is also where the genealogy branches out
into the period of the tower of Babel. Babel is also
where they sought to make a "name" (fame) for
themselves. Therefore, perhaps the "stronghold of
Babylon," is just another name for the "tower of
Babel" in Babylon.
(Or may read, "I
will make Babylon sink down/fade away!") I believe
both are intended as a play on words, and this is
reflected in the code. |
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Cainan(?) |
and sorrow |
“Possession”;
"owner"; "spearman"; "smith"; but sounds like, and
may be related to the word for a 'dirge' or a
'wailing chant', hence "sorrow".
Gospel of Luke (ch.
3:36) follows the LXX version that adds the name
Cainan between Arphaxad and Shelah. Though almost
certainly a textual error in the LXX (a repeating of
#4), yet because Luke used it so have we. However,
the names code can read fine without it. |
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13 |
Shelah |
extend like a plant |
"To sprout"; "send";
"extend". |
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14 |
Eber |
beyond the region |
"The region beyond",
"The other side" (of the river Euphrates), Gen.
11:31. |
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15 |
Peleg |
of division
(at the tower of Babel). |
"Division";
"watercourse"; "water channel"; "divide". Peleg is a
play on words for many things here, including the
division at Babylon, Gen. 11:9. Perhaps it is also
subtle reference to the Euphrates river which acts
as a border for Babylon? (See previous name.) At any
rate, the name carries with it the idea of a divider
and division (as at Babel) and is reflected in the
translation of Eber and Peleg when keeping in mind
the events at the time of Peleg. |
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16 |
Reu |
A friend |
"Friend". |
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17 |
Serug |
(also) branches out,
or, (is called)
"the vine-branch", |
"Branch of a vine";
See Gen. 40:10,12. (The word denotes intertwining
vine branches.) |
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18 |
Nahor |
snorting |
"Snorting";
"snoring". (As a verb it is found twice in the
bible. Both times it refers to the intense snorting
of a horse. Job 39:20; Jer. 8:16.) In the context of
the code it is understood as 'an undaunted
determination stemming from fury' since the flaring
of the nostrils is also associated with anger in
Hebrew. See next name. |
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19 |
Terah |
with fury!
(lit., "when breathing!") |
"To breathe";
"scent"; "blow". This name is uncertain, but one
possible meanings is, "to breathe hard", and this
connects well with the previous name so that
together we have the imagery of a wild horse
'snorting in anger'. |
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Abram/ Abraham |
The glorious father --- the father
of a great multitude --- |
"Exalted father".
Abram had his name changed to Abraham, meaning,
"Father of a great multitude"; "Father of many". It
is interesting that both names here are Babylonian,
since Abram was called out of Babylon. Some scholars
believe that Abraham derived its meaning more by
what it sounded like to Hebrew ears rather than
actual etymology. Some suggest that the actual
etymology for Abraham means, “he loves the (his)
father,” but that it only sounded like, "Father of a
multitude" to Hebrew-speaking people. (International
Standard Bible Encyclopedia.) But rather than
speculate, we have gone by what the bible expressly
says in Gen. 17:5, "Neither shall thy name any more
be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for
a father of many nations have I made thee."
Nevertheless, this is likely another example of how
some names have their meaning, not in their true
etymology, but rather in what the name would sound
like to the Hebrew ear. Some of the names
before Abraham are also Babylonian, and this
methodology for deriving a name's meaning appears to
be the case for a few of these names, such as
Arphaxad and Cainan. |
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Isaac |
laughs (triumphantly) |
“He laughs”;
"Laughter"; "He mocks". (The word
implied a triumphant laugh, especially in the
context of the code. God is mocking his enemy. |
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22 |
Jacob/
Israel |
as He outwits (his enemy)!
A mighty one struggles (in
prayer)!
A righteous Prince sees God! |
Jacob/Israel are
difficult to decode. There are several valid layers
of meaning in both Jacob and Israel that the bible
itself alludes to. All are intended! But this
complexity is fitting considering the importance of
these names, for both names represent the
nation to which the code speaks, as well as the
person. I have used the compilation of each
name, that is, a composite meaning that attempts to
capture the several meanings.
Jacob: "He holds
back"; "he takes the heel"; "One who follows on
another's heels" figuratively meaning, "A deceiver";
"He will deceive". In the context of the bible in
keeping with the context of this code it seems to
mean, "he outwits", or, "he outmaneuvers". The name
may also mean, "He will recompense"; "He will
reward"; "He will keep guard over"; "He will
protect". (Jacob is likely a shortened form of,
Jacobel (יעקבאל), meaning, "God will
reward/recompense"; "God will keep guard over". ISBE.)
Jacob had
his name changed to Israel. However, like Jacob, the
name can means several things, and the bible appears
to use each meaning. Israel can mean "One who
wrestles with God", "God/Mighty-one will fight";
"Let God contend"; "God prevails"; or, "A prince
with God". "God will rule as a prince"; "He will
rule as God". (The key Hebrew word here, sara, can
mean both a 'prince' or "to fight". Compare
Jacob/Israel to Abraham's wife. She had her name
changed from Sari, meaning "to struggle/fight," to
Sarah, meaning, "Princess", Gen. 17:15.) Also it may
be related to or sounds like, "A man sees God".
{From
איש
ish, a man,
(the
א
aleph being
dropped), and
ראה
raah, he
saw,
אל
el, God.
(Clark's Commentary.) Moreover, this agrees with
what Jacob said at the place he wrestled, "I have
seen God..." Gen. 32:30.}
It is interesting
that the names' Jacob and Israel are applied to the
Lord in the code because the same is implied in Gen.
32:29 when Jacob asks what the Lord's name, the One
who was "wrestling/fighting" with him. The name(s)
given to Jacob are really God's own name(s)! (See
Ps. 18:26, "With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure,
And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler",
YLT.)
Gen. 32:25-27 "And
when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he
touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of
Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with
him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh.
And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou
bless me. And he said unto him, What [is] thy name?
And he said, Jacob." Gen. 32:28-30 "And he said, Thy
name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel:
for as a prince hast thou power with God
and with men, and hast prevailed. And
Jacob asked [him], and said, Tell [me], I pray thee,
thy name. And he said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou
dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for
I have seen God face to face, and my
life is preserved." (Also see Hosea 12:3-4, "Jacob
took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his
strength he had power with God: Yea, he had power
over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made
supplication unto him: he found him [in]
Bethel, and there he spake with us".) The code picks
up again on the theme of intercession in #48.
"Israel"
also sounds like, "The upright one". This too
is reflected in the code. The bible alludes to what
the name Israel sounds like, "Isharel", meaning,
"God is righteous", in Num 23:10, "Who can count the
dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth
[part] of Israel? Let me die the death of
the righteous, and let my last end be like
his!" The nation "Israel" is even given the honorary
name of Jeshurun (Dt. 32:15; 33:5,26; Isa. 44:2),
meaning, "the upright one". The International
Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) says, "Most
moderns take it as a poetical or ideal title of
Israel, derived from
ישׁר,
yāshār,
“upright”; it is held to contain a tacit reference
to the word Israel (ישׁראל,
yisrā'ēl),
of which the first three consonants are almost the
same as those of “Jeshurun”'". |
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Judah |
Praise |
"Praised";
"One who praises"; signifies "praise".
Gen. 29:35, "And
she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said,
Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she
called his name Judah; and left bearing."
Compare this
portion of the code, "Praise (Judah) breaks forth
and opens a way into a place that is surrounded by a
high wall where the people of the prince are safe
from the false prophet, being clothed with
strength", with Num. 10:14, where the tribe of Judah
leads the way from Mt. Sinai ahead of all Israel
with the wall of fire by night, led by Moses the
righteous prince. Therefore, Moses is the "mighty
one" who "intercedes" and "sees God" at Sinai in
#22, as did Jacob/Israel at Peniel, and who
"outwitted his enemy" (#20-22), Pharaoh, at the Red
Sea. There, God and all Israel rejoiced and laughed
and mocked their enemies in song and dance ---
Pharaoh and the false prophets (#28) (magicians)
disgraced, along with the false prophet, Balaam, 40
years later.
Balaam himself
prophesied (contrary to his will) and said, Num
23:21-23 "He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob;
Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah
his God is with him, And the shout of a king
is among them. God bringeth them forth out of
Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the
wild-ox. Surely there is no enchantment with
Jacob; Neither is there any divination with
Israel..." (Also see note for #25 and #28.) |
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Perez |
breaks forth and opens a way |
"A breaking
forth"; "a breach"; "breaker through". (Can also
imply or mean "broken wall", and thus may be related
to the next name.)
But both verb and
noun used in Gen. 38:29 in reference to Perez birth,
and so it has been used in the code in the exact
same manner, (Gen. 38:28-29), "And it came to pass
when she travailed, that the one put out his hand;
and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a
scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. And it
came to pass as he drew back his hand, that behold,
his brother came out; and she said, How hast thou
broken forth? this breach
(opening) be upon thee: therefore his name was
called Pharez. (Perez)" (Webster)
(Compare with 2Sam. 6:8.) (See next notes.) |
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25 |
Hezron |
(into) an area surrounded by a
wall |
"Court";
"village"; "Enclosed area by a wall".
Perhaps alluding
to the pillar of fire that protected the Israelites,
and to the "wall of water" at the Red
Sea crossing, and ultimately to the New Jerusalem
"having a wall great and high", (Rev.
21:12).
Ex. 14:21-22, "And
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and
Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong
east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land,
and the waters were divided. And the children of
Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry
ground: and the waters were a wall
unto them on their right hand, and on their left."
Ex. 15:8, "And with the blast of thy nostrils
the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright
as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of
the sea." (For "blast of nostrils" see #18-19.)
Rev. 21:10-13,
"And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain
great and high, and showed me the holy city
Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from
God, having the glory of God: her light was
like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper
stone, clear as crystal: having a wall great and
high; having twelve gates, and at the
gates twelve angels; and names written thereon,
which are the names of the twelve tribes of
the children of Israel: on the east were three
gates; and on the north three gates; and on the
south three gates; and on the west three gates."
Note that the main
opening/"gate" in the "high wall" is Judah, as
implied by the position of the 12 tribes around the
ark of the covenant in the day of Moses when they
camped, (i.e., Judah/"praise" would be the main
middle gate facing east.) Note, "the glory of God
coming down from heaven" |
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26 |
Ram |
of great height |
"High"; "Exalted".
(1Chron. 2:10-12.) See the "New Jerusalem", "having
a wall great and high", (Rev. 21:12).
Note Rev. 22:14-15 and "false prophet" of #28. |
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27 |
Amminadab |
(where) the people of the Prince
are (safe) |
"My people of
nobility?"; “My kinsman/people are noble”; "Kindred
of the prince"; "People of the prince"; "My people
(or my kinsman) is generous or noble or willing”.
Amminadab was a
prince of the tribe of Judah (Num. 7:12) who lived
at the time of Moses and likely saw the Exodus.
Perhaps the word "Prince" in the code is meant to
remind us of Moses who was called a Prince, and thus
the high wall of #25-26 perhaps alludes to the
pillar of fire that led Israel in the desert. |
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28 |
Nahshon |
(from)
the (false) prophet, |
"Enchanter";
"Sorcerer", (related to the word for 'snake',
'snaky' as in one that divines by serpents).
Nahshon's sister
was Aaron's wife, (Ex. 6:23). Nahshon is called,
"The Prince of the people of Judah," because he led
the "the camp of Judah" during the wilderness
wanderings (Num 1:7; 2:3; 1Chron. 2:10-12; Matt.1).
He would have been alive at or just before the time
of Balaam the false prophet. Nahshon would have died
in the wilderness under a curse along with all that
"generation", (Num. 14). Because the only thing the
bible has to say about Nahshon is that he was "the
leader of the people of Judah" during the wilderness
wanderings, I believe that he is both a type of the
beast (antichrist) as a "leader", and of the "false
prophet" (as per the meaning of his name). Both are
here symbolized in this one man. The bible does
not say that Nahshon was himself a bad man, but
it appears that God is using the fact that prince
Nahshon led a doomed people in the desert to become
a type of the antichrist/false prophet to come who
will do likewise. Moreover, the theme of the
wilderness wonderings is prominent in the book of
Revelation where the beast and the false prophet are
discussed, (Rev. 12-13). (Compare Rev. 12:6,14 with
17:3. Note the contrast of the faithful with the
unfaithful "woman" "in the wilderness".) Also note
the contrast with the prior name; "The people of the
Prince" (likened unto Moses) "are safe from the
(false prince) and Prophet." Moreover, the Two
Witnesses of Rev. 11 are comparable to Moses and
Aaron (or Elijah) in the book of Revelation in that
Aaron was Moses' prophet/representative just as the
"Beast" (antichrist) of Revelation has the "False
Prophet" as his own prophet/representative. Thus, it
seems more than coincidence the the sister of
Nahshon was Aaron's wife! (Ex. 6:23). (Also see note
for #23.)
Positively
speaking, Nahshon sounds like and is related to the
word for "Nehushtan", and Num. 2:3 about Nahshon as
"The Prince of the people of Judah," --- the
word "Prince" literally means, "to be lifted up";
and, Nehushtan is the name for the 'snake on the
pole' that was "lifted up" in the wilderness for the
healing of the people of which Nahshon himself would
have witnessed. Perhaps, then, Nahshon is also a
type of Jesus lifted up on the cross (John 3:14) in
the sense of the snake upon the pole? I believe
Nahshon can therefore be viewed positively and
negatively --- as Christ on antichrist --- but since
the literal meaning of the name itself lends best to
the latter, this is what I have put in the names
code. (2Kings 18:4 "He removed the high places, and
brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake
in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made:
for unto those days the children of Israel did burn
incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.") Thus
the names would read: "The people of the Prince of
the Snake on the Pole are safe..." Also note Rev.
22:14-15. |
|
29 |
Salmon |
(Being) clothed |
Clothing; garment;
(from root word meaning 'to envelope'). Salmon
married Rahab the harlot after the Fall of Jericho
(Matt. 1:5). (See notes for #25 and Rev. 19:14, "And
the armies which are in heaven followed him upon
white horses, clothed in fine linen, white
and pure." |
|
30 |
Boaz |
with strength. |
"In strength,"
(1Kings 7:21). Others, "swiftness"; "lovely"
("lovely clothing"; "a garment of swiftness", =
"swiftly clothed?" There is a gap of 300 years
between Salmon and Boaz. No missing names are
supplied in the bible, however such gaps in ancient
genealogies were normal. Dozens of missing names are
likely throughout this genealogy, however this list
of names represents the most complete list that is
supplied in the bible, as based upon the lineage
laid out in the Gospel of Matthew (1). (Also see
1Chron. 2:10,11.) |
|
31 |
Obed |
A Servant, |
"Serving";
"worshipping"; "A servant"; "A worshipper".
This name marks
the middle of the 60 names and it also marks a
subtle shift in who is speaking --- apparently, (as
I interpret it), moving from God the Father to now
God the Son. The name Obed ("servant/serving")
applies equally well to both the previous thought
and to the next thought, and I have gone with the
latter. However, one can choose either or without
significantly altering the flow of thought. It is
perhaps significant that of the 6 days of creation,
the first 3 were days of forming and the next 3 were
days of filling what was formed. This seems to be
the pattern of the 30 + 30 names here. If so then
#1-4 is in parallel to #31-35. |
|
32 |
Jesse |
there is,
(Or, I exist as...) |
"There is"; "There
exists", "I have"; "I exist" "I possess"; "wealthy".
The verb "there is" is usually used in the bible for
emphasis, but especially here if the name Obed
("Servant") is included prior; we would then have
emphasis by means of both the word itself and
by the word-order, i.e., "A Servant, there is,
A Beloved One and Peaceful..." It is interesting
that the code changes from second to first-person
beginning here (about half-way through the names)
starting with Jesse (or Obed? see above) in that the
prophets also begin with Jesse as branching forth
(by progeny) to the birth of Messiah as the father
of David. (For 'branch' note #16,17; for 'father'
#36). Isa. 11:1 (see verses 1-10) "And there shall
come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse,
and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:"
(See notes for #42.) |
|
33 |
David |
One well-loved, |
"Beloved"; "loving". |
|
34 |
Solomon |
peaceful, |
"Peaceful"; "peace". |
|
35 |
Rehoboam |
and who enlarges the people! |
"Enlarger of the
people" (be number and/or territory); "The people is
enlarged". |
|
36 |
Abijah |
My Father is the Lord, |
"Worshipper of Jah";
"Father of Jah"; "Jah is father"; "My father is the
Lord". |
|
37 |
Asa |
the healer |
"Healer";
"cure". (1Chron 3:10-14.)
Some Greek
manuscripts in Matthew have Asaph for Asa (although
Asa is clearly meant). Sometimes a name can end up
altered somewhat in ancient times. Asaph means "one
who gathers". If it is used instead then the
Names-Code reads, "My Father, the Lord, will gather
(to himself) him whom He (lit. "Lord") judged
and raised up." ("To gather" is an Hebraic
expression {Gen. 25:8,17}meaning, "To gather one to
their fathers upon death". Here, Jesus is "gathered"
to His father?) |
|
38 |
Jehoshaphat |
of the one whom the Lord judged |
"The Lord has
judged", "The lord is judge"; "He whom the Lord
judged"; "Whom the Lord judged". |
|
39 |
Jehoram |
and whom the Lord raised up! |
"Jehovah raised";
"Exalted by Jehovah"; "Jehovah is high"; "Whom
Jehovah has exalted". (Compare #36-39 with #45-47.) |
| a |
Ahaziah |
The Lord has taken hold (of
me) |
These 3
(wicked) kings (Ahaziah, Joash, Amaziah) are omitted
in Matthew's genealogy although they are part of the
ancestry of Jesus. (Matt. 1; 2Kings 8:24; 1Chron.
3:11; 2Chron. 22:1, 11; 24:27.) Notice the
redundancy, yet how symmetrical these 3 names are.
Thus, these 3 names can be added or taken away
without any loss of meaning, only of emphasis.
Ahaziah - “Yah
holds, or sustains”; "Held by Jehovah"; “Jehovah (Yahu)
holds (possesses)”; "Jah has
seized". |
| b |
Joash |
and the Lord is strong! |
Joash - “Yahweh is
strong” ; “Yahweh has bestowed” ; "Given by the
Lord". |
| c |
Amaziah |
Mighty is the Lord! |
Amaziah - “Jehovah is
mighty”; "Strength of Jah"; "Strengthened by
Jehovah; "strength of the Lord". |
|
40 |
Uzziah
|
My strength and help are in the
Lord!
|
Uzziah - "My
strength is Jehovah"; "Strength of Jah"; "The
strength (or 'kid') of the Lord";
2Kings 14:21 -
Uzziah is also called Azariah, 2Chron. 26:1. The
former signifies, "My strength is the Lord"; the
latter, "The help of the Lord". Our rendering is a
compilation of both.
“Jehovah has
helped”; "Whom Jehovah helps." |
|
41 |
Jotham |
The Lord is perfect! |
"Jehovah is upright";
"Jehovah is perfect". |
|
42 |
Ahaz |
(He)
I took hold of |
"He has
grasped"; "One that takes or possesses".
--- My own idea ---, 'Ohaz'
זחא
for 'Ahaz'
זחא
{same
Hebrew letters
זחא},
"I will take hold of". But it can read
either way as "he" or "I". At any rate, Hebrew
poetic and prophetic language at times switches from
first person to second person although the first
person remains the subject (or the other way
around). Moreover, God the Father and God the Son
are yet One God, and hence what seems to be a
blurring of Persons at times --- often seen in
bible! For example, Jesus said, "I and the Father
are One", (John 10:30). (See notes for #32 and
#39a.) |
|
43 |
Hezekiah |
the strength of the Lord, |
"Strength of the
Lord"; "Whom Jehovah has strengthened";
"Strength/might of Jehovah". |
|
44 |
Manasseh |
and it made
(me) forget (my misery). |
"Causing to forget";
"Who makes to forget," “God hath made me forget”
("forgetting"). forgetting "misery" is more than
implied, it is explicitly stated in the naming of
the first Manasseh. Gen. 41:51, "And Joseph called
the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, said he,
God hath made me forget all my toil/misery, and all
my father's house." |
|
45 |
Amon |
(I am) the master builder |
“Skilled workman” or
“Master workman”, "Builder";
Sounds like ..."Faithful"; "true". |
|
46 |
Josiah |
whom the Lord healed, |
"Founded of the
Lord"; “Whom Jehovah heals”; "Healed by Jehovah"; or
"Jehovah will support". ("Supported or healed by
Jehovah".) "Yahweh supports him". |
| a |
Jehoiakim |
whom the Lord God raised up, |
"Jehovah raises up";
"The Lord will raise"; "The Lord will establish";
Also called Eliakim which means much the same, "Whom
God will raise up". 2Kings 23:34 "And Pharaoh-necoh
made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in
the room of Josiah his father, and changed his name
to Jehoiakim: but he took Jehoahaz away; and
he came to Egypt, and died there." Thus, the two
names together mean, "The Lord God raised up". |
|
47 |
Jeconiah |
and whom the Lord appointed,
did uphold,
and will uphold! |
"The Lord will
establish"; "Whom Jehovah appointed"; or "Jehovah
has established"; This king went by three similar
names: (Jehichim) “Yahweh will uphold”; “The Lord
founds or establishes”.
"Jehoiachin
(je-hoi´a-kin)
(יהויכין,
yehōyākhı̄n,
“Yahweh will uphold”; called also “Jeconiah”
in 1Ch_3:16; Jer_24:1;
יכניה,
yekhonyāh,
“Yahweh will be steadfast,” and “Coniah” in
Jer_22:24, Jer_22:28;
כּניהוּ,
konyāhū,
“Yahweh has upheld him”;
Ἰωακείμ,
Iōakeı́m):
A king of Judah; son and successor of Jehoiakim;
reigned three months and surrendered to
Nebuchadnezzar; was carried to Babylon, where, after
being there 37 years a prisoner, he died." Coniah
"The Lord did uphold."
Since this king
had three similar names, I have taken the
three main meanings and combined them. The
context determines tense because tense can be
blurred in Hebrew when dealing with prophecy, with
the exception of Jeconiah. He had three names
basically the same, two of which were exactly the
same except for one being future and the other being
past tense. Therefore, since the names themselves
make this distinction, it is thus reflected in the
code.
(Compare #45-47 with #36-39.) |
|
48 |
Shealtiel |
I have asked God about |
"I have asked God". |
|
a |
Pedaiah?
(see notes) |
the ransomed of the Lord, |
“Jehovah has
ransomed”; "Redemption of the Lord"; "Whom the Lord
has delivered".
The insertion of
Pedaiah is questionable. It is not included in
Matthew, but neither are a few other names. (The
following is quoted from John Gill's "Exposition of
the Entire Bible") on 1Chron. 3:19-24 - "And the
sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel and Shimei,....
Here arises a difficulty, since elsewhere Zerubbabel
is said to be the son of Shealtiel, (Hag. 1:1) some
think this is not the same Zerubbabel here as there;
so Grotius (u); but I see no reason for that; but
this difficulty may be removed by observing, that if
Pedaiah was a son of Salathiel (Shealtiel),
as Kimchi thinks, then Zerubbabel, being his
grandson, may be called his son, as grandsons are
sometimes called sons in Scripture; or rather,
Salathiel, having no children, adopted Zerubbabel,
his brother's son, and made him successor in the
government; so that he was the son of Pedaiah by
birth, and of Salathiel by adoption; or else
Salathiel dying without children, his brother
Pedaiah, according to the law, married his widow,
and by her had Zerubbabel, who was the proper son of
Pedaiah, and the legal son of Salathiel:" |
|
49 |
Zerubbabel |
(about) the seed (exiles) in
Babylon. |
"Born at Babel (or
Babylon)"; "Seed of Babylon", "Sown in Babylon". (Zerubbabel
was the first royal son born in Babylonian
captivity, hence the name means, "Born in Babylon,"
but here it refers to "The exiles/seed in Babylon"
since "seed" can be plural or singular.) |
|
50 |
Abiud |
My Father is majestic! |
"My father is
majesty". |
|
51 |
Eliakim |
God will raise up |
"God will raise up";
"God sets up"; "Raising up by God". (Compare to #55) |
|
52 |
Azor |
a Helper!
(or, 'help'). |
"Help"; "Helper". |
|
53 |
Zadok |
The Just (One) |
"Just", "Righteous".
(See Acts 3:14,15) |
|
54 |
Akim |
will the Lord raise up! |
“The Lord will
establish”, "The Lord will raise up". |
|
55 |
Eliud |
God is my praise! |
"God is my praise",
"God his praise". (Compare to #51) |
|
56 |
Eleazar |
God is the Helper! |
"Help of God", "God
has helped", "God is helper". |
|
57 |
Matthan |
May the gift of |
"Gift". (The word
"may" actually belongs to #59, but is inserted here
for the aid of the English reader. Literally, these
three names in Hebrew read, "The gift of Jacob, let
it increase!" But that is not how we speak in
English!) (Gill's commentary, "...and said, the Lord
shall add to me another son: which is expressive of
strong faith; that as she had begun to bear
children, she should bear another, as she did;
though some read the words as a wish or prayer, "may
the Lord", or, "and that the Lord would add",
&c. (h); but our version seems best." Nevertheless,
the context of the code with #48 here favors this as
indeed a "prayer" said in perfect faith. |
|
58 |
Jacob |
Jacob |
The name is here left
to read as is because in this context the name Jacob
seems to be referring to the nation of Israel. In
the bible, Jacob is simply another name for Israel.
The 'gift' (son) of the Jacob was Joseph, who became
the savior in Egypt. "Joseph" is a type of the
Savior Jesus, and thus note the next name in the
genealogy! This is true also of his other son,
Judah. See Genesis 33 for an account of 'the gift of
Jacob' to his brother Esau for the purpose of
reconciliation. Note that Jacob refers to his sons
(especially Joseph) as 'a gift graciously given to
him from God', (Gen. 33:5). Thus, the gift of Jacob
are his sons, particularly Judah and Joseph. It
happens that Jesus is the Son of Joseph, both
literally and figuratively --- figuratively in the
sense that He Himself is the Gift of Jacob that
brings reconciliation between God and men through
the laying down of his life. And it is that
greatness that will increase forever, as will the
descendents of Jacob, "like the sand on the sea
shore and like the stars in the sky", (Gen. 22:17).
(See #22 for meaning of "Jacob".) |
|
59 |
Joseph |
increase (in greatness), |
"Remover,"
"Increaser", "Let him add/increase".
Joseph, the father
(not by birth) of Jesus was likely named after
Joseph the son of the patriarch Jacob, and thus Gen
30:24 is relevant, "And she called his name Joseph;
and said, The LORD shall add to me another
son."
Isa. 9:6-7
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is
given: and the government shall be upon his
shoulder: and his name shall be called
Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of
the
increase
of [his] government
and peace [there shall be] no
end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom,
to order it, and to establish it with judgment
and with justice from henceforth even for ever.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this." |
|
60 |
Jesus Christ, Emmanuel |
for God is with us! --- The
Messiah and Savior of |
"Savior",
"Deliverer", "Salvation", "The Lord saves", "Jehovah
is salvation", "Jehovah is helper". Matt. 1:21 "And
she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his
name JESUS: for he shall save his people from
their sins."
Also named,
"Emmanuel", meaning, "God is with us"; and "Christ",
meaning, "Messiah". |
|
61 |
Church |
those called out of (the
World/Babylon). |
"Those called out"
(of the World/Babylon). |
The
following is the composite list of the meaning
of the 8 names
in the genealogy from Adam to Jabal along
Cain's line:
(Note the similarity between these names
and the first 10 names
along the godly line of Seth's in above chart.)
Keep in mind that this is the ungodly line. It
appears
that the death of Messiah to them brings about the
deepest of sorrow.
|
Hebrew |
English Meaning |
|
Adam |
A man |
|
Cain |
(is) brought forth |
|
Enoch |
instructing |
|
Irad |
one running wild |
|
Methushael |
a man of God |
|
Mehujael |
smitten
of God |
|
Lamech |
so that despair |
|
Jabal |
overflows. |
Rev. 1:7
"Behold, he
cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him,
and they that pierced him; and all the
tribes of the earth shall mourn over him.
Even so, Amen."
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