IOKOBOS to JAMES

hefin jones hefinjones at hotmail.com
Tue Aug 6 06:11:01 EDT 2002


Is this B-greek or B-translation?

However, bizarrely enough James IS "Iago" in my other native tongue, Welsh.

Hefin Jones

BD III, Moore College, Sydney


>From: "Wayne Leman" <wayne_leman at sil.org>
>Reply-To: "Wayne Leman" <wayne_leman at sil.org>
>To: Biblical Greek <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
>Subject: [b-greek] IOKOBOS to JAMES
>Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 16:01:37 -0600
>
>"Tiago" is not Spanish or Portuguese for "James." It cannot be separated
>from the complete word "Santiago." (Even though neither "tiago" nor "iago"
>are Spanish or Portuguese words by themselves, etymologically, "iago"
>derives from the Latin and Greek for "Jacob".) "San" by itself, of course,
>means "saint," but the remainder of the word "Santiago" (Tiago) does not
>mean "James." Spanish "Jacobo" and "Jaime" also mean "James." Obviously,
>these are cognates with English "Jacob," and "James," respectively. The
>disciple James in Spanish Bibles is sometimes referred to as Santiago and
>sometimes as Jacobo. My father-in-law, James, was a missionary in Mexico 
>for
>thirty years and was known there as Don Jaime, where "don" is the term of
>respect toward an adult male.
>
>Wayne
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> > Chuck, "Santiago" is actually "St.James" in Spanish.
> > Tiago is the Spanish (and Portuguese as well)word for
> > James. Best,
> >
> >                                         Tony Costa
> >                                Universtity of Toronto
>
>
>
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