[–] 27 points 6 months ago*

The English Bible itself is a translation. It didn't say John in the originals.

The name is ultimately derived from the Biblical Hebrew name יוחנן (pronounced [joχanan]), short for יהוחנן (pronounced [jehoχanan]), meaning "God was merciful".

It's dependent on the translation what they decide to use.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Ivan is the Slavic relative of the Latin name Johannes, corresponding to English John and originates from New Testament Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs). The Greek name is in turn derived from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān), meaning "YHWH (God) is gracious". The name is ultimately derived from the Biblical Hebrew name יוחנן (pronounced [joχanan]), short for יהוחנן (pronounced [jehoχanan]), meaning "God was merciful". Common patronymics derived from the name are Ivanović (Serbian and Croatian), Ivanov (Russian and Bulgarian), and Ivanovich (Russian, used as middle name), corresponding to "Ivan's son".

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  • [–] 71 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    This one time I put a guy on mute and he must have thought that I couldn't hear him. So he starts joking with his buddy. "I bet he's just Googling it"..

    I was indeed. I think the real point is that not only do I know what to Google but I know what to do with what I've googled.

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  • [–] 24 points 7 months ago

    What are you just a walking meme parrot? Are you a bot? How is this a leopard face eating thing when there's millions of people who didn't vote for this and are afraid to get deported from the country they were born in. Either you still think it's their fault for the way they were born or you don't understand that the particular idiom refers to people who decided their own fates by choosing to hang out with leopards.

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