*WILLIAM is derived from an Old French given name with Germanic elements: wil = desire, will; and helm = helmet, protection. Some say the Old German name Wilhelm derives from Wel-helm (the shield or defense of many), Weil-helm (protector of rest, defender of tranquility), Vil-helm (strong protector), or from the Belgic Guild-helm (harnessed with a gilded helmet).
Wesley means The West Meadow
Do You know the meaning of Your name? Just do name search and find Your name and if no named meaning, God gives as He did to Jabez.
What I am copying for the Bible Concordance is deep and extensive for all that will receive it.
NAME-- A label or designation that sets one person apart from another. But in the Bible a name is much more than an identifier as it tends to be in our culture. Personal names and even place names were formed from words that had their own meaning.
Thus, the people of the Bible were very conscious of the meaning of names. They believed there was a vital connection between the name and the person it identified. A name somehow represented the nature of the person.
This means that the naming of a baby was very important in the Bible. In choosing a name, the parents could reflect the circumstances of the child's birth, their own feelings, their gratitude to "God", their hopes and prayers for the child, and their commitment of the child to "God". The name Isaac reflected the "laughter" of his mother at his birth (Gen 21:6).
Esau was named "Hairy" because of his appearance. Jacob was named "Supplanter" because he grasped his brother Esau's heel (Gen 25:25-26). Moses received his name because he was "Drawn out" of the water (Ex 2:10).
A popular custom of Bible times was to compose names by using the shortened forms of the divine name El or Ya (Je) as the beginning or ending syllable. Examples of this practice are Elisha, which means "God is salvation"; Daniel, "God is my judge"; Jehoiakim, "the Lord has established"; ans Isaiah, "the Lord is salvation".
Sometimes very specialized names, directly related to circumstances of the parents, were given to children. The prophet Isaiah was directed to name 1 of his children Maher-Shalal-Has-Baz, meaning "speed the spoil, hasten the prey". This name was an allusion to the certain Assyrian invasion of the nation of Judah (Isaiah 8:3-4).
Hosea was instructed to name a daughter Lo-Ruhamah "no mercy", and a son Lo-Ammi, "not my people." Both these names referred to God's displeasure with His people (Hos 1:6-9).
The change of a name can also be of great importance in the Bible. Abrahm's name was changed to Abraham in connection with his new Calling to be "a father of many nations" (Gen 17:5). "God" gave Jacob the new name Israel ("God strives") because he "struggled with God and with men, and prevailed" (Gen 32:28; 35:10).
*In the giving or taking of new names, often a crucial turning point in the person's life has been reached.*
Simon was given the name Peter because, as the 1st confessing apostle, he was the "rock" upon which the new community of the Church would be built (Matt 16:18). Saul was renamed Paul, a Greek name that was appropriate for 1 who was destined to become the great apostle to the gentiles.
The connection between a name and the reality it signified is nowhere more important then in the names referring to "God".
The personal name of "God" revealed to Moses in the burning bush- "I AM WHO I AM" conveyed something of "His" character (Ex 3:14). According to Ex 34:5-6, when the "Lord" was virually synonymous with "His" presence, "for "Your" wondrous works declare that "Your" is near" (Ps 75:1). To know the name of "God" is thus to know "God" "Himself" (Ps 91:14). For this reason, to take the name of the "Lord" your "God" in vain" (Ex 20:7) is to act in any way that is inconsistent with the profession that "He" is the "Lord" "God".
The New Testament writers also emphasized the importance of names and the close relationship between names and what they mean. A striking illustration of this is Acts 4:12:" For there is no other name under Heaven by which we must be saved." In this instance the name is again practically interchangeable with the reality which it represents.
"Jesus" taught "His" disciples tp pray, "Hallowed be Your name" (Matt 6:9). Christians were described by the apostle Paul as those who "name the name of the "Lord" (2 Tim 2:19). A true understanding of the exalted "Jesus" is often connected with a statement about "His" name. Thus, "Jesus" has by inheritance obtained a more excellant name" then the angels (Heb 1:4). According to Paul, "God also has highly exalted "Him" and given "Him" the name which is above every name" (Phil 2:9).
*I have been living my name and unknowingly reacting to circumstances and di not know why, my name.
If You notice from the things I write to the 1st chapter of my book posted here, I was forced to start at the age of 5. It came automatically.
Posted By: WILLIAM W. HEMMANS III
Monday, January 30th 2006 at 8:03PM
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