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Zusammenfassung
- No one in the Bible is named Cynthia, and the name has no Hebrew form or meaning.
- Cynthia is the Latin form of the Greek Kynthia, “woman from Cynthus,” a title of Artemis, who in Greek myth was born on Mount Cynthus on Delos.
- Artemis appears in Acts 19, where the crowd at Ephesus shouts “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” for about two hours. The King James Version calls her Diana.
- Phoebe, a deacon commended by Paul in Romans 16:1, also bore a name that was used as a title of Artemis.
- The martyr sometimes called Saint Cynthia is Quinta, or Cointha, killed by a mob in Alexandria around 249; the Roman Martyrology lists her on 8 February.
- Cynthia was among the ten most popular names for American girls from 1956 to 1965.
Literaturverzeichnis (Zum Anzeigen klicken)
- Behind the Name, “Cynthia,” “Cintia,” “Cinzia,” “Cindy” and “Phoebe,” with United States popularity figures from Social Security Administration data. https://www.behindthename.com/name/cynthia
- Online Etymology Dictionary, “Cynthia.” https://www.etymonline.com/word/Cynthia
- “Cynthia” and “Artemis,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia
- “Richard Barnfield,” Wikipedia, on Cynthia, with Certain Sonnets (1595). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Barnfield
- Eusebius, Church History, book 6, chapter 41, quoting Dionysius of Alexandria, in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, second series, vol. 1. https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250106.htm
- The Roman Martyrology, 8 February (1916 English translation). https://roman-martyrology.brandt.id.au/martyrs/02-08.html
- Center for Action and Contemplation, “Cynthia Bourgeault.” https://cac.org/about/cac-faculty/cynthia-bourgeault/
- Scripture quotations from the New International Version (Acts 19:26, 28, 34, 35; Romans 16:1) and the King James Version (Acts 19:34). Reference: Acts 19:23–41.
