Melissa 不在圣经中——但 Deborah 的意思是一样的

  • 圣经中没有 Melissa,但它在希腊语中意为“蜜蜂”——而底波拉(Deborah)正是希伯来语中“蜜蜂”的意思。
  • 底波拉是“当时作以色列士师的先知”,她在棕树下主持公义,百姓都到她那里去求审判(士师记 4:4-5)。圣经对此的记载平铺直叙,没有任何解释或辩解。
  • 当她传达神的旨意召见巴拉时,巴拉回答说:“你若同我去,我就去;你若不同我去,我就不去。”
  • 她去了,并告诉巴拉,胜利的荣耀将归于一位女性。最终,这份荣耀归给了雅亿。
  • 她的歌是圣经中最古老的篇章之一,她称自己为“以色列的母”(士师记 5:7)——这是一种权柄的描述,而非家庭地位的贬低。

Melissa is not in the Bible — but the word it translates is. Melissa means bee in Greek, and there is a woman in Scripture whose name means exactly the same thing in Hebrew. She is Deborah, and she is one of the most extraordinary figures in the Old Testament. What does the name Melissa mean? Bee. The Greek μέλισσα, plainly and without ornament. It was used of nymphs and priestesses in the old stories, and it entered English as…

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