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Mary

 

Harper’s Bible Dictionary

edited by Paul J. Achtemier (San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1985)

Mary (Gk. Maria or Mariam; Heb. Marah, ‘bitter’ or ‘grieved,’ or Miryam, ‘rebellion’), a name borne by seven women in the nt, unless two or more are identical.


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