Name Meaning and Biblical Context of Alexandria
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| Meaning | Defender of men, brave. | ||
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The Biblical baby name Alexandria is Greek in origin and it's meaning is defender of men or brave.
Alexandria is pronounced al-ex-an-dri-ya. Alexandria was the capital of Egypt. It was so named in honour of its founder, Alexander the Great of Macedonia. Alexandria had a significant Jewish population. It had a famous library of 700,000 books. It was here that the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek. Apollos, who was learned in the Scriptures was born in the city of Alexandria. Acts 6:9; Acts 18:24 Strong's concordance G221 |
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