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No 'F' names in the Bible?

posted 14 years ago by dmnemaine
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Mrs. Pontipee didn't look very hard. There are men with "F" names in the Bible. Both Felix and Festus are major supporting characters in the story of the Apostle Paul in the book of Acts.

[–] WillBarks 14 years ago

and according to wikipedia there's Fortunatus too. Maybe those Pontipees were used to only give names from the old testament since those F names seem to be all from the new one (all latin names).

[–] dmnemaine 14 years ago

Could be, but then frankincense is in the NT -- one of the gifts the wisemen brought.

[–] SaCha1689 13 years ago

There's also Saint Frederick. Don't think the name is in the Bible, but it's a good noble name anyway.

http://zeitgeist-sacha1689.blogspot.com

[–] laurence01 13 years ago

This has been gone into before. It was decided that all the F names in the Bible were Romans, and therefore would not be considered.

[–] eamonn_keane 13 years ago

Also, Festus and Flavius are bad guys.

But those OT names were in Hebrew originally, so you could spell Phinehas as Finehas.

[–] bravo78 13 years ago

True, but I think they were using artistic license so 'Frank' could show his rebellious side.