Is Cassandra in the Bible? No, She Is a Prophetess of Greek Myth

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ملخص

  • No one named Cassandra appears in the Bible, and the name has no Hebrew meaning.
  • In Greek myth Cassandra is a daughter of Priam, king of Troy, whom Apollo gave the gift of prophecy and then cursed so that no one would believe her.
  • The meaning of the name is uncertain; it may join the Greek kekasmai, “to excel,” with anēr, “man.”
  • Nominis, the French Catholic directory of saints and names, lists no Saint Cassandra and gives the name All Saints’ Day, 1 November.
  • The Bible’s nearest parallels are prophets whose warnings were refused, such as Jeremiah (Jeremiah 38) and Micaiah (1 Kings 22).
  • Cassandra ranked 49th among American girls’ names in 1990, its highest place.

No one named Cassandra appears in the Bible. Cassandra is a figure of Greek myth: a Trojan princess, daughter of King Priam, to whom the god Apollo gave the gift of prophecy before cursing her so that no one would believe her. The name is Greek, and its meaning is uncertain. Is Cassandra a biblical name? No. The name does not occur in the Old or New Testament, in the original languages or in any translation. It is not a…

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قائمة المراجع (انقر للعرض)
  • Behind the Name, “Cassandra,” with United States popularity figures from Social Security Administration data. https://www.behindthename.com/name/cassandra
  • Online Etymology Dictionary, “Cassandra.” https://www.etymonline.com/word/Cassandra
  • “Cassandra,” Wikipedia, summarizing Homer (الإلياذة 13 and 24; Odyssey 11), Aeschylus (Agamemnon) and Virgil (Aeneid 2). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra
  • “Lycophron,” Wikipedia, on the poem Alexandra. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycophron
  • Nominis, Église catholique en France, “Cassandra” and “Cassandre.” https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/prenom/4326/Cassandra.html
  • Scripture quotations: 1 Kings 22:8; Mark 6:4, English Standard Version. References: Jeremiah 38:1–13; 1 Kings 22:1–37.

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