- Prochorus
Meaning & History. Latinized form of the Greek name Προχορος (Prochoros) which meant "leader of the dance". Saint Prochorus was one of the original seven deacons, as told in Acts in the New Testament.
Meaning: He that presides over the choirs
Origin: Israeli - Puah
Puah (etymology uncertain) is a name given to two persons in the Bible: One of the two midwives who feared God, and helped prevent the murder of Hebrew male children by the Egyptians, and thus the genocide of the Hebrew people, according to Exodus 1:15-21. Her colleague was Shiphrah.
Meaning: Mouth corner bush of hair
Origin: Israeli - Pudens
The name Pudens is a Biblical baby name. In Biblical the meaning of the name Pudens is: Shamefaced.
Meaning: Shamefaced
Origin: Israeli - Punites
Meaning: Beholding my face
Origin: Israeli - Pur
The Source and the Meaning of the Term. The origin of the word `Pur' would seem to be Persian. As written in the Book of Esther, it means a "lot". Purim is the plural form of the word `Pur', and thus means "lots". The festival is called Purim because of the lots cast by Haman.
- Purim
Purim (/ˈpʊərɪm/; Hebrew: פּוּרִים (help. · info) Pûrîm "lots", from the word פור pur, related to Akkadian: pūru) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman, who was planning to kill all the Jews. This took place in the ancient Achaemenid Persian Empire.
- Putiel
Meaning: God is my fatness
Origin: Israeli
