A good name is to be chosen over great riches.
Proverbs 22
by John Dehnart
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What does the name David mean? Faithful shepherd, courageous warrior, a great harp-player, and God's chosen to be king over Israel. Hundreds of insights have been drawn from the life of David, and the meaning of his life, and the meaning of the name today.
Whenever possible, we look into the Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek roots of a name for its meaning. When we looked into the meaning of David's name, we found that the root Hebrew word meant "loved" or "beloved". But sometimes, when a name is known because of the historical reputation of a person, we choose the historical meaning.
In 1 Samuel 13:14, the prophet Samuel says to Saul (David's predecessor), "But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee."
For the meaning of the name David, we included "Man after God's own heart", because that was the positive reputation of the historical character. Several times in Scripture, God refers to David as a man after his own heart. See Acts 13:22 and 1 Kings 15:3 and 1 Kings 14:8
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