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It is used in English, Spanish and, if Facebook is any indication, other languages, as well. Surprisingly, many Facebook entries are male.

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MARA N'ATHA! is an Aramaic interjection that Paul transliterates to Greek in 1Corinthians 16:22. It is further transliterated to English in the King James Version of the Bible. Other versions, more often, translate it as, "Come, oh Lord!"

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The Greek spelling and other details can be found at http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G3134&t=KJV

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It is a three-word phrase:

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MARE', "Lord" < http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H4756&t=KJV >
NA', emphatic < http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H4994&t=KJV >
'ATHAH, "come" or "bring" < http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H858&t=KJV >

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Aramaic spelling is available on those pages.

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A literal translation would read, "Lord, DO come!" or "Lord, please hurry back!"
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Nicknames: Mara, Maranie

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"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth." Ps. 127:4

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JoHannah Jubilee, BenJudah Gabriel, Aaron Josiah, Jordan Uriah,
Maranatha Nissiah, (Anastasia Nike, 1992-1992), Jeshua David,
Shiloh Joshana, Elijah Daniel, Hezekiah Nathaniel, Zephaniah Joseph

This message was edited 8/15/2014, 3:45 PM