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Summary
- No one in the Bible is named Victoria. The name is Latin, and the Bible was written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek.
- Victoria means “victory,” from the Latin verb vincere, “to conquer.” It was also the name of the Roman goddess of victory.
- The Latin word victoria appears in the Vulgate, for example in 1 Corinthians 15:54–57 and 1 John 5:4.
- English Bibles translate the Hebrew teshuah and netsach as “victory” in some verses; the New Testament Greek words are nike, nikos and the verb nikao.
- Victoria of Abitina was one of forty-nine Christians arrested in Roman Africa in 304 for holding Sunday worship.
- The name spread in the English-speaking world after Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Behind the Name, “Victoria” and “Victor,” with United States and international popularity figures. https://www.behindthename.com/name/victoria
- Online Etymology Dictionary, “victory.” https://www.etymonline.com/word/victory
- “Victoria (mythology),” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(mythology)
- “Vulgate,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate
- Biblia Sacra Vulgata, 1 Corinthians 15:54–57 and 1 John 5:4, via Bible Gateway. https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/Biblia-Sacra-Vulgata-VULGATE/
- Strong’s Concordance entries 8668 (teshuah), 5331 (netsach), 3529 (nike), 3534 (nikos), 3528 (nikao) and 5245 (hypernikao), Bible Hub. https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5331.htm
- Pealim, Hebrew verb and noun tables, “ניצחון” (nitzachon). https://www.pealim.com/
- “Martyrs of Abitinae,” Wikipedia, drawing on the Roman Martyrology and Augustine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs_of_Abitinae
- “Victoria and Anatolia,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_and_Anatolia
- “Queen Victoria,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria
- Scripture quotations: 1 Corinthians 15:54–55, 57; 1 John 5:4; Isaiah 25:8; John 16:33; Romans 8:37; Revelation 2:7 (English Standard Version); 2 Samuel 23:10; 1 Chronicles 29:11; Isaiah 25:8 (King James Version).
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