![]() ![]() Spiros Zodhiates (The Complete Wordstudy Dictionary) circumvents this conundrum by deriving the second part of the name Bartimaeus from the Hebrew verb טמא ( tame), the regular Hebrew word for to be or become unclean. That doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. The surname McGregor comes from the Greek name Gregory and the Celtic word for son.īut then: although Mark writes for a predominantly Greco- Latin audience, his wording seems rather redundant: a man named Son-Of-Timaeus who was the son of Timaeus. Our surname Peterson, to name an example, consists of the Greek name Peter and the Germanic word son. But even though it's unusual, it's not a complete no-no. First of all: some scholars object to the hybridism of Bartimaeus, consisting of the Aramaic bar and the Greek name Timaeus. However, there are some problems with this interpretation. ![]() And since the name Timaeus means Highly Prized, the name Bartimaeus means Son Of He Who's Highly Prized, or Son Of Honor. The name Bartimaeus means Son Of Timaeus, and it's formed like a pretty straight forward surname, comparable to something like Timson or McTim. ![]()
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