Tymoteusz

  • [ ti-maw-TE-uwsh ]
  • Polish
Polish form of TIMOTHY.

TIMOTHY   male   English, Biblical
English form of the Greek name Τιμοθεος (Timotheos) meaning "honouring God", derived from τιμαω (timao) "to honour" and θεος (theos) "god". Saint Timothy was a companion of Paul on his missionary journeys and was the recipient of two of Paul's epistles that appear in the New Testament. He was of both Jewish and Greek ancestry. According to tradition, he was martyred at Ephesus after protesting the worship of Artemis. As an English name, Timothy was not used until after the Protestant Reformation.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GREEK: Timoteus, Timotheos
BIBLICAL GREEK: Timotheos
BIBLICAL LATIN: Timotheus
BIBLICAL: Timothy
BULGARIAN: Timotei
DUTCH: Timotheus
ENGLISH: Timothy
FRENCH: Timothé, Timothée
GERMAN: Timotheus
ITALIAN: Timoteo
MACEDONIAN: Timotej
MAORI: Timoti
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Timothei
PORTUGUESE: Timoteo
ROMANIAN: Timotei
RUSSIAN: Timofei, Timofey
SLOVAK: Timotej
SLOVENE: Timotej
SPANISH: Timoteo
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
DANISH: Tim
DUTCH: Tim, Timo
ENGLISH: Tim, Timmy
FINNISH: Timo
GERMAN: Tim, Timo
NORWEGIAN: Tim
SLOVENE: Tim
SWEDISH: Tim
FEMININE FORMS
ANCIENT GREEK: Timothea
ENGLISH: Timotha
GREEK: Timothea