杰弗里(Jeffrey)在圣经中吗?不在,它是杰弗里(Geoffrey)的中世纪拼写



  • 圣经中没有名为 Jeffrey、Geoffrey 或 Jeff 的人,这个名字也没有希伯来语形式或含义。
  • Jeffrey 是 Geoffrey 的中世纪拼写,这是一个诺曼人带到英国的法兰克名字。
  • 该名字的后半部分源自古德语 fridu, ,意为“和平”;前半部分的含义则存在争议。
  • “和平的统治者”是 Frederick 的含义,而非 Jeffrey;“上帝的和平”属于 Godfrey,这个名字有时会与 Geoffrey 混淆。
  • 最著名的源自和平一词的圣经名字是所罗门(Solomon),源自希伯来语 shalom (历代志上 22:9)。
  • 没有广为人知的圣杰弗里;亚眠的圣戈弗雷(Saint Godfrey of Amiens,1066–1115)在法语中被称为 Geoffroy。

Jeffrey is not in the Bible. It is a medieval spelling of Geoffrey, a name the Normans brought to England from France. The second half of the name comes from the Old German fridu, “peace.” What the first half meant is disputed, so Jeffrey has no single agreed meaning. What does Jeffrey mean? Geoffrey is the Norman French form of a Frankish name. Name scholars agree that its second part is fridu, “peace.” For the first part they have proposed…

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