Word meaning......

[Isis]

Ok.......hey all, guess who needs your incredible knowledge once again? That's right, LOL, Isis.


Does anyone know what the meaning of the word BOCEPHUS? Is it a name, what's its origin? The whole nine yards, if anyone can point me in the right direction I'd greatly appreciate it.


All my love, and blessed be,

Isis

[Astraea]

Well, Bocephus is the name of a Hank Williams, Jr. album, LOL! I don't recall why he used that, if it's a nickname of his, or what- I'm not a Hank fan.
I'm guessing he got that name from Flavius Josephus, who was a Jewish historian back in the times of Christ. He was a Pharisee and was born to royalty, I think. I don't remember a whole lot about him, learned of him in college. Josephus wasn't his real name, either. It was Joseph Matthias or something to that effect. I know he wrote some books and was a prominent figure in his day.

LOL, that cracks me up. As far as I know, Isis, I think Bocephus is Hank Williams, Jr's creation.

[Isis]

Thanks for taking the time to answer, its greatly appreciated.

Isis

[Mairwen]

Hank Sr called Hank Jr that ... it wasn't a name he gave himself.

[LadyAutumnCat]

However, I suspected it had something to do with a musician, but always thought the word ACTUALLY meant something!! Thanks for asking!!!!

[WaterLilly]

My family's name on my mother's father's side was Enochs. Now, this sounds like it came from Enoch/Enochian. What sort of culture used the name Enoch as a last name? We're Norwegian on that side, and I know our Norwegian name is Ingeset, so the Enochs name must have come from a family line I'm not familiar with.

(I know this doesn't exactly fit the topic, but I hope you don't mind my asking.)

[EasternPriest]

Bocephus was the nickname given to Hank Jr. by Hank Sr.

Apparently there is now another:

"Bocephus King is a young roots-rocker from Vancouver, Canada. His debut album A Small Good Thing shows a lot of promise."

(found that in a google search)

[Twilight Garden]

I actually heard bocephus used by a clique of kids at my father's school. (He teaches.) Anyway, The way it was used, ("So-n-so Bocephus was more stupid than you can imagine today.") made me think it was the name for someone they thought was uncool. Kids can be so mean.

[Ball-Bhreac Ròn]

hey, enoch, uh, where've i heard that before?!?!?! sounds exTREMEly familiar....I spend a lot of time in Scotland, maybe its something from up there?!

[WaterLilly]

Hmm, I don't know if there's any Scottish in my family.... Never know though....

[NightFire]

the only other places I've heard the name Enoch (besides Enochian) is from The Book Of Mormon, and also, I had a freind named Enoch who was from Central America (a lot of peolpe I know from Central America have names from the Book of Mormon, such as Alma, Enoch, Nephi, etc...) It may be an Mayan, Aztec or Spanish, I am not really to sure. Hope this helps some.

[flar7]

Old Testament, Enoch was without sin. so God took him to heaven and he never passed through death.

[trixieplain]

Ok.......hey all, guess who needs your incredible knowledge once again? That's right, LOL, Isis.


Does anyone know what the meaning of the word BOCEPHUS? Is it a name, what's its origin? The whole nine yards, if anyone can point me in the right direction I'd greatly appreciate it.


All my love, and blessed be,

Isis

The name 'bocephus' is a cajun word of endearment like "honey" and "sweetheart".