The name that is transliterated as “Euodia” in English is translated in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) with a sign that combines “feeling,” “pleasant, and “spread of the gospel,” since Paul admonished her to feel like Christ about her sister Syntyche. (Source: Missão Kophós )
The name that is transliterated as “Mytilene” in English is translated in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) with a sign that combines “mutilated” (the meaning of the name “Mitilene”), “island,” as well as the curvature of its geographical shape and its architectural constructions. (Source: Missão Kophós )
The name that is transliterated as “Er” in English is translated in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) with a sign that combines “wake” and “watch” (the meaning of the name is “watchful”). (Source: Missão Kophós )
The name that is transliterated as “Joppa” (or: “Jaffa”) in English is translated in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) with the sign for “whale,” referring to Joppa that is mentioned as the starting point of the sea voyage of Jonah that ends up in the belly of a large fish (see Jonah 1:3). (Source: Missão Kophós )
The name that is transliterated as “Salathiel” or “Shealtiel” in English is translated in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) with a sign that combines “ask” (the name means “I have asked God”) and a reference that his son Zerubbabel returned to the city of Jerusalem to build the second Temple (see Ezra 3:8). (Source: Missão Kophós )
The Greek that is transliterated as “barbarian” in English is translated in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) with a sign that combines a nomads tent and “submission to authority.” “The idea of barbarians that we have today is different from the reality described historically. They were a nomadic people and were submissive to the cultures and languages to which they were subjugated, and were not as violent as the Scythians.” (Source: Aline Martins and Paul Fahnestock)
The name that is transliterated as “Lucius” in English is translated in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) with the sign for “brightness” / “white,” the meaning of the name. (Source: Missão Kophós )
The name that is transliterated as “Simon (Peter)” in English is translated in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) with a sign that combines a reference to “Peter” (see here for the Libras translation of “Peter”) and “son” (of Jonah / John). (Source: Missão Kophós )
