Giora

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Gender Masculine
Usage Hebrew
Scripts גִּיּוֹרָא(Hebrew)
Other Forms FormsGiyora, Giyyora

Meaning & History

Means "proselyte, convert to Judaism" in Aramaic. Simon bar Giora was a Jewish military leader in the First Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE) whose father may have been a Gentile converted to Judaism.
Added 8/16/2014 by Sofia
Edited 7/2/2015 by SeaHorse15