Weird how Mark, which feels like one of the most basic and common names does not make the cut and Asher, which I have never heard of does (and have heard of ezra and levi, but thought they were ultra rare)
The quizz is about BIBLICAL names, therefore the Bible decides only. In the Bible Gabriel is not archangel. Only Michael is.
If You consider other sources, but the Bible, then yes; yet, in that case, satan would be Jesus' Brother, according to some popular religious sources. Thus, do not consider other sources, please.
I aimed to type Eli(ja) but it stops at Eli. Okay. Try again: Elija. It says "Already (Eli)"... It is quite inconsistent that Elija is a type-in for Eli but not for Elija(h), right?
Wow that is facsinating, I never had the quiz tell me why or why not it accepted a word. I figured you might have used "enter" after your answer, and tried it and indeed, then you get the reply you got. What I don't get is why you pressed enter since answers are automatically accepted.
But I might from now on, when something is unexpectedly not accepted, maybe the quiz gives me valuable information too. Like "You clearly misspelled that!! Come on, try a bit harder" :) Haha that would be pretty awesome :P
Despite the modern use of the word "brother" to describe James the Just, it's almost certainly not true that he was Jesus' brother in the modern sense of the word brother (sharing parent(s)).
This highlights one of the deep divides between catholic and protestant beliefs: protestants accept that Mary had additional children (after Jesus), while many catholics say she remained a virgin her entire life.
With the alphabetical biblical naming in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers there were a few of those included - Benjamin, Caleb, Daniel, and Hannah - but I was surprised that Adam didn't make the list and I would have thought Ephraim and Gideon would be ahead of Asher and Josiah. (Not surprised that Frankincense didn't make the list. BTW, their mother was wrong that there were no F names in the Bible - Felix is one, but Frankincense made for a better story.)
There are people called asher???? Never ever heard of that, let alone it being popular. (And wouldnt have thought that isaiah and a few other would be popular unless with extremely religious people)
If I would ve met somebody called Asher I would have assumed it was a nickname for Ashley. But since it comes straight from the bible (not that those names do not have a history before that, but for a lot of names the bible is the source and alteration on those names came much later) that is clearly not the case.
You think that Josiah is a popular biblical name, but not Mark, Paul, or Simon? I'm sure I've never met anyone named "Asher", but I know at least 5 men named "Peter".
It's not "think." It's data compiled from baby names. The quiz says that it's baby names from 2018, not just names of all people living. Names that we're used to, like Mark, Paul, and Mary, are passe now, just like Edith, Vanessa, and Arthur before them. I just looked up the top-five most popular names for 2019 so far. For boys: Milo, Jasper, Asher (#3!), Atticus, Silas. For girls: Isla, Olivia, Posie, Aurora, Cora. Things are changing.
Over in the Middle East still meet a lot of Suleimans (Solomon), Miriams (Mary), Isas (Jesus), Yusufs (Joseph), Ibrahims (Abraham), Daouds (David), Ismails (Ishmael), Yaqubs (Jacob), and Musas (Moses). Though those aren't nearly as common as Muhammad, Ali, Fatemah, Faisal, Fahd, or Abdul____.
I don't know many guys named Abigail or Elizabeth (both shown in blue above). And like others, I'm surprised to see Asher but not common names such as Peter, Paul, and Jehosaphat.
While not biblical names for individuals, Grace (#87), Angel (#101), Christian (#102), Jordan (#108) and Genesis (#152) may be biblical names… if you kinda squint hard enough and let it wash over you.
I never understood the dichotomy of names in the Bible. Many of them are nigh unpronounceable, and then other are everyday names we've seen for centuries.
Not a fan of accepting Ben as an answer, considering the other shortened forms that aren't (and shouldn't be, as they do not appear as such in the Bible): Dan, Jim, Mike, Jake, Joe, Dave, Matt, Abby, Beth, Liz, Libby, Gabe, Tom, Andy, Drew, Zeke, Jon, and Jerry.
I disagree that Caleb is a very minor character. He is mentioned more often than, say, the Archangels Michael or Gabriel. He was not as important as the other lone wilderness survivor Joshua but he still played an important role in that part of Israel's history.
If You consider other sources, but the Bible, then yes; yet, in that case, satan would be Jesus' Brother, according to some popular religious sources. Thus, do not consider other sources, please.
But I might from now on, when something is unexpectedly not accepted, maybe the quiz gives me valuable information too. Like "You clearly misspelled that!! Come on, try a bit harder" :) Haha that would be pretty awesome :P
Despite the modern use of the word "brother" to describe James the Just, it's almost certainly not true that he was Jesus' brother in the modern sense of the word brother (sharing parent(s)).
Got Eli, Sarah, Aaron, Isaac, Sam and Noah.
Isabella (#14) is Italian for Elizabeth.
Mateo (#30) is Spanish for Matthew.
Santiago (#117) is Spanish for James.
Ian (#139) is Scottish for John.
While not biblical names for individuals, Grace (#87), Angel (#101), Christian (#102), Jordan (#108) and Genesis (#152) may be biblical names… if you kinda squint hard enough and let it wash over you.
There can be only one archangel: Michael