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Name Martha

Martha`s page #1262 Gender feminine

Name Martha backwards (ananym): Ahtram

Meaning of the name Martha

There are multiple origins and translations for the hugely popular name Martha:

1. Aramaic name, the name is believed to have originated from name-forming Mar actually means - "lady, mistress".

2. Comes from the Latin word martyris in a figurative sense means - "she-martyr", the female equivalent of the name Martin.

3. Form of Arabic name Marufa semantics - "famous, known, well-known".

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St Martha

Holy Martyrs Mary, Martha and Lazarus are represented by St. John as living at Bethania, but St. Luke would seem to imply that they were, at least at one time, living in Galilee; he does not mention the name of the town, but it may have been Magdala, and we should thus, supposing Mary of Bethania and Mary Magdalene to be the same person, understand the appellative "Magdalene". The words of St. John seem to imply a change of residence for the family. It is possible, too, that St. Luke has displaced the incident referred to in Chapter 10. The likeness between the pictures of Martha presented by Luke and John is very remarkable. The familiar intercourse between the Saviour of the world and the humble family which St. Luke depicts is dwelt on by St. John when he tells us that "Jesus loved Martha, and her sister Mary, and Lazarus". Again the picture of Martha's anxiety accords with the picture of her who was "busy about much serving" so also in John 12:2: "They made him a supper there: and Martha served." But St. John has given us a glimpse of the other and deeper side of her character when he depicts her growing faith in Christ's Divinity, a faith which was the occasion of the words: "I am the resurrection and the life." The Evangelist has beautifully indicated the change that came over Martha after that interview: "When she had said these things, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying: The Master is come, and call the for thee."

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