Theophory in the Bible

• abstract: Theophory refers to the practice of embedding the name of a god or a deity in, usually, a proper name.From the Greek θεοφορία from θεοφόρος from Θεός "God" and φόρος "bearer" from φέρειν "to bear"; confer [Much Hebrew] theophory occurs in the [[Bible, particularly in the Old Testament.

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