#new testament

• Alpheus — A proper noun with multiple meanings: 1. The longest river in the Peloponnese (Greece), linked to Hercules cleaning the Augean stables. 2. The river god associated with this river, in love with Arethusa. 3. A biblical figure in the New Testament, father of James and Levi. The term carries deep historical symbolism evoking continuous flow or spiritual purification.
• Archippus — A masculine proper name and surname of Greek origin (Arhippos), widespread in the Christian-Orthodox space through hagiographic tradition, commemorating Saint Archippus, one of the seventy disciples of Jesus Christ mentioned in the New Testament. In Romanian historical and cultural onomastics, the name suggests spiritual loyalty, strength of character, and deep ties to early ecclesiastical traditions.
• Arimathea — An ancient town in Judea, mentioned in the New Testament as the hometown of Joseph of Arimathea, the prominent biblical figure who requested the body of Jesus Christ from Pontius Pilate to bury Him in his own new tomb.
• Arimathea — An ancient city in Judea, mentioned in the New Testament as the hometown of Joseph of Arimathea, the pious man and Sanhedrin member who requested the body of Jesus Christ from Pontius Pilate to bury Him in his own new tomb; its exact location remains a subject of archaeological debate, often identified with modern Rentis or ancient Ramallah.
• Aristobulus — A proper name of Ancient Greek origin borne by several illustrious figures of Antiquity, including kings and high priests of the Hasmonean dynasty of Judea (such as Aristobulus I and II) or Aristobulus of Paneas, a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher from Alexandria. In a biblical and theological context, an Aristobulus is also mentioned in Apostle Paul's Epistle to the Romans, with Christian tradition considering him one of the Seventy Apostles and a bishop in Britain.