Mark is a traditionally masculine name with roots in the Bible as well as Latin and Swedish.

Biblical name meaning mark. Marks language of origin is Latin. In the Old Testament this is the name of one of King David s mighty men. Mark was born of Jewish parents three years after the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

As the mark of a chisel of a stamp of a rod or whip. The meaning of the name Mark is different in several languages countries and cultures and has more than one possibly same or different meanings available. Mark who in the New Testament is sometimes called John Mark.

Biblical Names and their Meanings HITCHCOCKS BIBLE NAMES DICTIONARY This dictionary is from Hitchcocks New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible published in the late 1800s. Mark is a masculine name of Latin origin and is derived from the old Latin Mart-kos meaning consecrated to the god Mars. Mark John Ioannes represents his Jewish Mark Markos his Roman name.

It is predominantly used in the English Dutch Russian and Scandinavian languages. The meaning of the name is war-like dedicated to Mars. His given name was יוחנן Yochanan meaning YAHWEH is gracious.

A visible line made by drawing one substance on another. Mark Marcus Colossians 410 etc was his Roman name which gradually came to supersede his Jewish name John. The name Mark or Marcus was one of the most popular names of the old world especially after emperor Marcus Aurelius instituted the Marcianus which means of Marcus and which denoted a priest who performed the sacred rites instituted in honor of the emperor Marcus Aurelius.

The Hebrew name Johanan was quite popular in ancient Israel and the Greek name John or rather Ioannes subsequently shows up quite a few times in the New Testament 132 times to be precise. The Biblical Mark however was almost certainly a Jew and his name was undoubtedly associated with. A channel or impression.