GREEK · G3094
Μαγδαληνή
Magdalēnē — Magdalene
Μαγδαληνός, -ά, όν Magdalene, of Magdala: Μαρία (which see) ἡ MM., Mat.27:56, 61 28:1, Mrk.15:40, 47 16:1, 9, Luk.8:2 24:10, Jhn.19:25 20:1, 18† (AS)
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Magdalene
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G3137
Μαρία
Maria — Mary
Μαρία, -ας (Hellenized form), and Μαριάμ, indecl., ἡ (Aram. מַרְיָם; Heb. מִרְיָם) Mary. In NT; 1. the mother of Jesus: Mat.1:16 ff. Mat.2:11 13:55, Mrk.6:3, Luk.1:27 ff. Luk.2:5, 16 2:19, 34, Act.1:14 2. M. Magdalene (which see). 3. The wife of Clopas (Jhn.19:25) and mother of James the little, and Joses: Mat.27:56, 61 28:1, Mrk.15:40, 47 16:1, Luk.24:10. 4. The sister of Martha and Lazarus: Luk.10:39, 42 Jhn.11:1-2, 19 ff. Jhn.12:3. 5. The mother of John Mark: Act.12:12. 6. A Christian greeted by St. Paul: Rom.16:6 (on the signification of the name, see Zorell, see word; on the use of the alternative forms in NT, DB, iii, 278 bn).† (AS)
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A surname derived from Magdala, the place of her nativity, given to one of the Marys of the Gospels to distinguish her from the other Marys (Matt. 27:56, 61; 28:1, etc.). A mistaken notion has prevailed that this Mary was a woman of bad character, that she was the woman who is emphatically called “a sinner” (Luke 7:36-50). (See MARY.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.