Secret Message in the Name Meanings in Romans Chapter 16 (Part 1)

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Secret Message in the Name Meanings in Romans Chapter 16 (Part 1)

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Romans 16:1-10 mentions the names of people Paul personally met. These names have important meanings in Greek. In this article, we will show the name meanings from Romans 16:1-10 along with some other nouns. Amazingly, these name meanings,* when placed together in the order in which they appear in the Bible, form a secret message: a message from God. (*Note: These are name meanings which God revealed to me based on concordances and Bible dictionaries.) 

At the very end of this article, we have placed a secret message which was formed out of Greek name meanings from Romans chapter 16, verses 1 through 10 (a).

Now, let's look at each Greek word of significance and see what dictionaries and concordances have to say about them. After we give each word meaning from reference works, we will include a spiritual meaning, revealed by God. I encourage anyone reading this to seek God about this message and about these words, if he or she would like to.

The words we will look at are arranged in the exact order found in the Bible in Romans 16:1-10(a). We list them below as they appear in the Bible:


Phebe, Cenchrea [a place], Priscilla, Aquila, Christ, Jesus, church, Gentiles, church, house, Epaenetus, Achaia [a place], Christ, Mary, Andronicus, Junia, Christ, Amplias, Urbane, Christ, Stachys, Apelles, Christ.

The Word Meanings of the Above List

Name: Phoibé (Phebe) 
Strong's Number: 5402  
Name Meaning: "Feminine of phoibos (bright; probably akin to the base of phos);" Phos means fire, light, rays, "to shine or make manifest". ["Bright and shining."]

Spiritual Meaning: (Name meanings God gave me: "One who walks in the light." Or, "One who is of the light.")

Name: Kegchreai (Cenchrea)

Strong's Number: 2747

Name Meaning: "Probably from kegchros (millet)". Kegchreai was "a port of Corinth".

Spiritual Meaning: (God showed me: "A place of buying and selling grain." "Spiritually, a place of much fruit.")

Name: Priskilla (Priscilla)

Strong's Number: 4252

Name Meaning: "Diminutive of Priska; [acc. to Strong's]". "Feminine form of Priscus, a Roman family name which meant "ancient" in Latin [acc. to behindthename.com]."

Spiritual Meaning: ("Ancient")

Name: Akulas (Aquila)

Strong's Number: 207

Name Meaning: "Probably for Latin aquila (an eagle);"

Spiritual Meaning: ("Eagle")

Name: Christos (Christ)

Strong's Number: 5547

Name Meaning: "From chrio; Anointed One,..." Chiro means anoint.

Spiritual Meaning: ("The Messiah")

Name: Iésous (Jesus)

Strong's Number: 2424

Name Meaning: "Of Hebrew origin (Yhowshuwa'); Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua),..." Yhowshuwa' means "the LORD is salvation". 

Spiritual Meaning: ("The LORD is salvation.")

Name: ekklésia (church)

Strong's Number: 1577

Name Meaning: "From a compound of ek and a derivative of kaleo; a calling out, ... assembly, church." 

Spiritual Meaning: ("The Church has been called out from the world.")

Name: ethnos (Gentiles)

Strong's Number: 1484

Name Meaning: "Probably from etho..." "Gentile, heathen ... tribe..."

Spiritual Meaning: ("The nations")

Name: ekklésia (church)

[See the entry about the church up the page.]

Name: oikos (house)

Strong's Number: 3624

Name Meaning: "...home, household, temple." "...a dwelling..."  

Spiritual Meaning: ("A house") 

Name: Epainetos (Epaenetus)

Strong's Number: 1866

Name Meaning: "From epaineo;" Epaineo means: "From epi and aineo; to applaud -- commend, laud, praise."

Spiritual Meaning: ("Commend, laud, praise")

Name: Achaia

Strong's Number: 882

Name Meaning: "grief; trouble ... [It] signifies in the New Testament a Roman province which included the whole of the Peloponnesus and the greater part of Hellas proper, with the adjacent islands [acc. to Hitchcock's Bible Dictionary]".  

Spiritual Meaning: ("Trouble and grief")

Name: Christos (Christ)
[See the word definition in the entry about Christ up the list.]

Name: Maria (Mary)

Strong's Number: 3137

Name Meaning: "Or Mariam (mar-ee-am') of Hebrew origin (Miryam);" Miryam means: "A primitive root; to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant);..."  

Spiritual Meaning: ("It makes bitter")

Name: Andronikos (Andronicus)

Strong's Number: 408

Name Meaning: "From aner and nikos; man of victory;..." Aner means "man". Nikos is "From nike; a conquest..."

Spiritual Meaning: ("Man of victory")

Name: Junias (Junia)

Strong's Number: 2458

Name Meaning: "Junia [or Junias] is Latin in origin and its meaning is belonging to Juno, the Roman goddess of protection, strength and marriage [acc. to biblical-baby-names.com]." [Note: He became a Christian but retained his Latin name.]

Spiritual Meaning: ("One who was serving a false god." Or, "One who belonged to Juno.")

Name: Christos (Christ)

[See the word definition in the entry about Christ.]

Name: Ampliatos (Amplias)

Strong's Number: 291

Name Meaning: "Contracted for Latin ampliatus (enlarged);... [acc. to Strong's]." It also means: "large; extensive [acc. to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary]". 

Spiritual Meaning: ("Enlarged")

Name: Ourbanos (Urbane)

Strong's Number: 3773

Name Meaning: "Of Latin origin; Urbanus (of the city, "urbane")..." Hitchcock's Dictionary defines Urbane as: "Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant."

Spiritual Meaning: ("One who is polite and considerate.")

Name: Christos (Christ)

[See the word definition in the entry about Christ up the list.]

Name: Stachus (Stachys)

Strong's Number: 4720

Name Meaning: "The same as stachus;" Stachus (#4719) comes "From the base of histemi;..." Histemi means "...cause to stand, establish, hold up..."

Stachus (#4720) also means "spike or ear of corn" (acc. to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary)". 

Spiritual Meaning: ("One who is held up." Or, "One who is established." )

Name: Apellés 
Strong's Number: 559
Name Meaning: According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary, this name means "exclusion; separation". 
Spiritual Meaning: ("Separation from the world.")

Name: Christos (Christ)

[See the word definition in the entry about Christ up the list.]


The words we looked at above are arranged in the exact order found in the Bible in Romans 16:1-10(a). We list them below as they appear in the Bible:

Phebe, Cenchrea [a place], Priscilla, Aquila, Christ, Jesus, church, Gentiles, church, house, Epaenetus, Achaia [a place], Christ, Mary, Andronicus, Junia, Christ, Amplias, Urbane, Christ, Stachys, Apelles, Christ.


Put these significant name and word meanings from Romans 16:1-10(a) together, and they form these paragraphs below:


One who walks in the light. A place of buying and selling grain [and], spiritually, a place of much fruit. Ancient. Eagle. The Messiah. The LORD is salvation. 

[The] Church [has been] called out [from the world]. The nations. [The] Church. A house. Commend, laud, [and] praise. 

Trouble and grief. The Messiah. It makes bitter. Man of victory. [One who was serving a false god] [was also] One who belonged to Juno. The Messiah. Enlarged. One who is polite and considerate. The Messiah. One who is held up [Who is also] One who is established. Separation [from the world]. The Messiah.



Here is a paraphrased version:

[Again, here are the names and words we looked at in the order they appear in the Bible: Phebe, Cenchrea [a place], Priscilla, Aquila, Christ, Jesus, church, Gentiles, church, house, Epaenetus, Achaia [a place], Christ, Mary, Andronicus, Junia, Christ, Amplias, Urbane, Christ, Stachys, Apelles, Christ.]

Below are the name meanings put together according to their Biblical order. We have placed italicized text to make the sentences flow better and to expand the meanings of these word definitions. 

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One who walks in the light [goes to] a place of buying and selling grain [which is, spiritually, a place of much fruit]. [The One who is the] Ancient [of days is like an] eagle.* [He is] the Messiah; the LORD is salvation. 

[The] Church [has been] called out [from] the nations [and] the Church [has become God's] house. [They shall have] commendation, laud, [and] praise. 

Trouble and grief [came to] the Messiah [for our sins]. It [grief] makes bitter. [Jesus is the] man of victory. [Now, he who once served a false god, who was] one who belonged to Juno, [through] the Messiah, [he shall be] enlarged. [Jesus is] polite and considerate [and He is] the Messiah. [Jesus was] held up [and] established. [He is] separated [or set apart from the world and He is] the Messiah.

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[* Note: The eagle (i.e. the meaning of Aquila) refers to God's ability to see all things and know all things. That is what God showed me.]


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