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I'm torn by this name...as soon as I heard it, I loved it - it's got a pretty, feminine tone; but it has TERRIBLE connotations!
I'm taking an English class entitled Women of the Bible. Lilith is known as a demon, a rebel. According to some, she is the first wife of Adam but was sent from Eden because she wouldn't be submissive. In myth, she killed women in childbirth and newborn babies. There really isn't much hard evidence of her in the Bible, in fact she's not mentioned by name in the King James version, and I haven't checked in my NIV, but I heard she is mentioned there. (I am using an oxford edition with the Apocrypha for class, because I'm not catholic)
Basically, she is an evil creature...but Lilith is such a nice name!!!
I'm torn by this name...as soon as I heard it, I loved it - it's got a pretty, feminine tone; but it has TERRIBLE connotations!
I'm taking an English class entitled Women of the Bible. Lilith is known as a demon, a rebel. According to some, she is the first wife of Adam but was sent from Eden because she wouldn't be submissive. In myth, she killed women in childbirth and newborn babies. There really isn't much hard evidence of her in the Bible, in fact she's not mentioned by name in the King James version, and I haven't checked in my NIV, but I heard she is mentioned there. (I am using an oxford edition with the Apocrypha for class, because I'm not catholic)
Basically, she is an evil creature...but Lilith is such a nice name!!!
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"Lilith is known as a demon, a rebel. According to some, she is the first wife of Adam but was sent from Eden because she wouldn't be submissive."
The fact that Lilith is known to ba a rebel and sent from Eden because she wouldn't be submissive makes me love the name even more.
I think it's great and the way I was brought up she was a positive character (in that aspect, of course the killing of woman and babies is not!).
I don't see it as a problematic name at all.
The fact that Lilith is known to ba a rebel and sent from Eden because she wouldn't be submissive makes me love the name even more.
I think it's great and the way I was brought up she was a positive character (in that aspect, of course the killing of woman and babies is not!).
I don't see it as a problematic name at all.
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I did alot of research into this name and there are too many bad connotations for me to ever consider using it.
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I like the sound and the look, but for some reason I can't picture it on an actual person. I'd maybe use it as a middle name.
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I would use it because of the bible. sorry, hehe, maybe Lily?
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I like the sound, but I wouldn't use it, but not because of the Bible.
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I agree. Lilith is a beautiful name, but I am not sure I could ever use it. I don't recall Lilith ever being mentioned in the Bible, but I know she is part of church folklore.
though I love the name, I was dead-set against it until I read "Lilith" by George MacDonald. now I'm kind of on the fence, but I am still leaning towards "probably not."
though I love the name, I was dead-set against it until I read "Lilith" by George MacDonald. now I'm kind of on the fence, but I am still leaning towards "probably not."
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I adore Lilith.
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Lilith and Lilia are my favorite 'Lily' names. I don't really care if a name has bad connotations. If I really love the name, than I'll use it.
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The name has an unpleasant sound to me, the two l's and the th give it a slurring, hissing kind of quality that I don't like.
I don't that within the Bible itself, Lilith is of any importance, it's only later, when the church was trying to keep women in the place they'd assigned to them, that she ended up being seen as sucha terrible demon.
I don't that within the Bible itself, Lilith is of any importance, it's only later, when the church was trying to keep women in the place they'd assigned to them, that she ended up being seen as sucha terrible demon.
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Yes, I agree...She's only mentioned once and only in certain translations, and she's mentioned as a beast, along with other beasts. The whole Adam's first wife thing is kind of bogus to me, because the idea came purely from speculation, not from scripture. I won't go into details because this isn't the lounge.
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The first concert I ever went to was Lilith Fair when I was eleven years old. I associate the name first and foremost with that, and so Lilith has very positive connotations for me.
Array (is Catholic and doesn't recall Lilith being mentioned in her Bible)
Array (is Catholic and doesn't recall Lilith being mentioned in her Bible)
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sorry, clarification
It doesn't matter what religion you are, it's what version of the bible you read...but what I meant was I had to get a bible with an Apocrypha, because that is a Catholic set of books, it isn't in some bibles.
Here's what my professor (who is a Greek Scholar and can read it)said about Lilith not being in most bibles...When the first were translated from ancient greek, the translators looked at the word Λιλιθ and they decided that she wasn't well known enough in the time to mention by name, so instead they translated her name into "an owl like creature" or something of the sort so that people could better picture her. In ancient times, they were able just to say Lilith, and everyone knew who she was because she was so well known in folklore.
The reason she is using the Oxford edition is because it is translated (apparently) very literally from Greek to english, so there isn't as much of that "let's modify it for the people to better understand what it says" stuff going on. IMO, it's pretty much the same.
It doesn't matter what religion you are, it's what version of the bible you read...but what I meant was I had to get a bible with an Apocrypha, because that is a Catholic set of books, it isn't in some bibles.
Here's what my professor (who is a Greek Scholar and can read it)said about Lilith not being in most bibles...When the first were translated from ancient greek, the translators looked at the word Λιλιθ and they decided that she wasn't well known enough in the time to mention by name, so instead they translated her name into "an owl like creature" or something of the sort so that people could better picture her. In ancient times, they were able just to say Lilith, and everyone knew who she was because she was so well known in folklore.
The reason she is using the Oxford edition is because it is translated (apparently) very literally from Greek to english, so there isn't as much of that "let's modify it for the people to better understand what it says" stuff going on. IMO, it's pretty much the same.
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It has a bad background but if you like it, don't let that keep you from using it. But if it really bothers you, try Lilian or Lillian or Liliana. Or call Lilith Lily for short. Or you could use it as a mn.
But I didn't even know about that story, probably not to many do, so I don't think it would be a big deal!
But I didn't even know about that story, probably not to many do, so I don't think it would be a big deal!
This message was edited 1/20/2007, 1:48 PM
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