Timotheus
Timotheos (Latin Timotheus ) is a masculine Greek given name. Name day is August 22nd .
Origin and meaning
The name comes from the Greek : ancient Greek Τιμόθεος , from τιμάω timáo , German 'appreciate, honor' and θεός theós , German 'God' . It means "who honors God". The German names " Ehregott " and " Fürchtegott " are derived from this as an expression of the fear of God .
variants
The Latin equivalent is "Timothy", the English Timothy , the French Timothée , the Portuguese Timoteo , the Russian Timofei . The female form "Timothea" is rare. The short form is Tim or Timo .
Well-known namesake
- Timotheus
- Timotheos of Miletus , Greek poet and musician in the 5th century BC Chr.
- Timotheus (statesman) , Athenian statesman, † 354 BC Chr.
- Timotheus of Herakleia , son of Clearchus , from 352 BC. BC ruler of Herakleia Pontike
- Timotheus (poet) , Athenian poet of medium comedy
- Timotheus (theologian) , Athenian theologian of the 4th century BC BC, advised Ptolemy I on the introduction of the cult of Serapis
- Timotheos (sculptor) , co-builder of the mausoleum of Halicarnassus in the 4th century BC Chr.
- Timotheus (Ammon) , Ammonite general in the Maccabean Wars
- Timothy I (Constantinople) , Patriarch of Constantinople 511-517
- Timothy II Ailuros , 457-460 and 475-477 Patriarch of Alexandria
- Timotheos II. (Catholicos) († around 1332) Catholicos of the East Syrian Church of the East
- Timothy II of Cyprus (1622) Archbishop
- Timothy II (Constantinople) (1612–1620) Patriarch
- Timothy III Salophakiolus , 477-482 Patriarch of Alexandria
- Timothy IV , Patriarch 517-535 of Alexandria
- Timotheos of Gaza , grammarian of the 5th and 6th centuries
- Timotheus (Patriarch) (780–823), East Syrian patriarch
- Timothy
- Timothy (bishop) , collaborator of the apostle Paul and bishop in the 1st century AD.
- Timotheus Compenius (* around 1550, † around 1608), German organist and organ builder
- Timotheus Eberhard von Bock (1787–1836), Baltic German nobleman and dissident
- Timotheus Höttges (* 1962), German manager
- Timotheus Kirchner (1533–1587), German Lutheran theologian
- Timotheus Lütkemann (1671–1738), German Lutheran theologian
- Timotheus Christian Wilhelm Overkamp (1743–1828), German polymath, historian, philosopher and physician
- Timotheus Polus (1599–1642), poetry professor and mediator of baroque poetics in Estonia
- Timotheus Ritzsch (1614–1678), German printer and bookseller
- Timotheus Mar Shallita (* 1936), Archbishop of the "Old Church of the East".
Middle name
- Johann Timotheus Hermes (1738–1821), German poet, novelist and Protestant theologian
- Gabriel Timotheus Lütkemann (1723–1795), royal Swedish court preacher and bishop of Visby
- Christoph Timotheus Seidel (1703–1758), German Lutheran theologian
- Ludwig Timotheus Spittler (1752–1810), German historian
Surname
- Abimalek Timotheus (1878–1945) Indian East Syrian clergyman
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert Heintze : The German family names: historically, geographically, linguistically. Third, improved and greatly increased edition. Orphanage bookstore, Halle 1908, p. 10 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Hans Peter Althaus , Helmut Henne , Herbert Ernst Wiegand (ed.): Lexicon of German Linguistics. Max Niemeyer, Tübingen 1973, ISBN 3-484-10186-5 , p. 195.