"Nathanael" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ναθαναήλ (Nathanaḗl), from Biblical Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el, literally “God has given”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|Ναθαναήλ}} Ancient Greek Ναθαναήλ (Nathanaḗl), {{der|en|hbo|נְתַנְאֵל|lit=God has given|tr=Netan'el}} Biblical Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el, literally “God has given”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Nathanael
  1. An Apostle in the Gospel of John; usually identified with Bartholomew. Categories (topical): Biblical characters, Individuals Translations (biblical Apostle): Nathanaíl (Albanian), Nataniél [masculine] (Albanian), Ναθαναήλ (Nathanaḗl) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ناثانيال [masculine] (Arabic), نثنائيل [masculine] (Arabic), Nathanael (Danish), Natanael (Finnish), Nathanaël [masculine] (French), Natanael [masculine] (German), Nathanael [masculine] (German), Ναθαναήλ (Nathanaḯl) [masculine] (Greek), ナタナエル (Natanaeru) (Japanese), 나타나엘 (Natana'el) (Korean), Натанаил (Natanail) (Macedonian), Natanael (Norwegian), Нафанаи́л (Nafanaíl) [masculine] (Russian), Natanael (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Nathanael-en-name-hEJut~Cr Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 55 45 Disambiguation of Individuals: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'biblical Apostle': 76 24
  2. A male given name from Hebrew; more common in the form Nathaniel. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names, Biblical characters, Individuals Translations (male given name): Nathanaël [masculine] (French), Ναθαναήλ (Nathanaḯl) [masculine] (Greek), Натанаил (Natanail) (Macedonian), Natanahira (Maori)
    Sense id: en-Nathanael-en-name-DzLzuYoR Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 55 45 Disambiguation of Individuals: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of 'male given name': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Nathaniel, Nat, Nate
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.