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Definition: Stephen |
StephenNoun1. English writer (1832-1904). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Stephen" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a crown", "same as Stephanas". |
Date "Stephen" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Bible | Stephen one of the seven deacons, who became a preacher of the gospel. He was the first Christian martyr. His personal character and history are recorded in Acts 6. "He fell asleep" with a prayer for his persecutors on his lips (7:60). Devout men carried him to his grave (8:2). It was at the feet of the young Pharisee, Saul of Tarsus, that those who stoned him laid their clothes (comp. Deut. 17:5-7) before they began their cruel work. The scene which Saul then witnessed and the words he heard appear to have made a deep and lasting impression on his mind (Acts 22:19, 20). The speech of Stephen before the Jewish ruler is the first apology for the universalism of the gospel as a message to the Gentiles as well as the Jews. It is the longest speech contained in the Acts, a place of prominence being given to it as a defence. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Literature | Stephen Crown of St. Stephen. The crown of Hungary. "If Hungarian independence should be secured through the help of Prince Napoleon, the Prince himself should receive the crown of St. Stephen."- Kossuth: Memoirs of my Exile (1880). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | STEPHEN. Money. Stephen's at home; i.e. has money. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Sir Ninian StephenSir Ninian Martin Stephen (born 15 June 1923), Australian judge and 20th Governor-General of Australia, was born in Oxfordshire, England, and migrated to Australia as a child. He was educated at the University of Melbourne, but his studies were interrupted by World War II, in which he served in the Australian Army in New Guinea and Borneo. He completed his legal studies in 1950, and was called to the Victorian Bar in 1952. By the 1960s he was one of Australia's leading constitutional and commercial lawyers.
In 1970 Stephen was appointed a Justice of the High Court of Australia, and in the same year he was knighted. Although he was appointed by a Liberal government, he proved not to be a traditional conservative upholder of states' rights. He joined the "moderate centre" of the court, between the arch-conservatism of Sir Garfield Barwick and the radicalism of Lionel Murphy. In 1982 he was part of the majority that decided on a broad interpretation of the "external affairs power" of the Australian Constitution in the Koowarta case.
Later that year Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser appointed Stephen Governor-General. Like his predecessor, Sir Zelman Cowen, he was a "safe" choice: discreet, politically neutral and with a wide knowledge of constitutional law. When Fraser was defeated by the Labor Party under Bob Hawke in 1983, Stephen had no difficulty working with a Labor government. In 1987 Hawke extended his term by 18 months, to allow Bill Hayden (to whom Hawke had promised the position) to leave politics at a time of his choosing.
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Sir Zelman CowenGovernors-General of Australia Followed by:
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Saint Stephen was one of the first seven deacons chosen by the early church in the Acts of the Apostles, and is widely regarded to be the first martyr, earning him the title "protomartyr". Stephen's beliefs led to his being tried for blasphemy by the Sanhedrin, and he was stoned to death.His feast day, St. Stephen's Day, is celebrated on December 26 in the West, and on December 27 in the East.
See also:
- List of saints
- Saint Stephen of Hungary
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Stephen Baldwin (born May 12, 1966) is an American actor. He is from the "Baldwin brothers," with brothers Daniel, William and the most noteworthy Alec.
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Stephen Davison Bechtel (September 24, 1900 - March 14, 1989) was the son of Warren A. Bechtel, the founder of the Bechtel Corporation and the president of the company from 1933 through 1960.Stephen served with the 20th Engineers, part of the American Expeditionary Force sent to assist France in World War I. After the war, in 1919, he attended the University of California, Berkeley for one year to work for his father's company full time. He became vice-president of Bechtel in 1925 and became president in 1933, when Warren Bechtel died suddenly while traveling abroad. His father's death came at a critical time for the company: concrete was being poured for the Hoover Dam, Bechtel's largest project up til that point. Stephen became president and saw the company through the construction of the Hoover Dam. Over the next thirty years, he expanded Bechtel into a huge and successful engineering company with operations all over the world. Stephen handing the presidency of the company over to his son, Stephen Jr in 1960, but stayed on as the chairman until 1969.
Stephen was awarded an honorary degree by UC Berkeley in 1954. In 1980, the school completed construction of the Bechtel Engineering Center, which was named in his honor.
Stephen Bechtel died in 1989. He is buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.
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Saint-King Stephen "the Great" (Szent István király, in Hungarian) (about 975 - August 15, 1038), was the first king of Hungary. His father was the Magyar chieftain Géza: his mother was named Sarolt, and Stephen was given the name Vajk (meaning hero) at birth. Born a pagan in the village of Esztergom, Vajk was baptized, as a precondition of accepting the crown from Rome, at age 10 by Saint Adalbert of Prague, and given the baptismal name Stephen (in honor of the original early Christian Saint Stephen), protector of the church at Passau).He was married in 995 to Gisela (Giselle, Gizella in Hungarian) of Bavaria, the daughter of Henry II the Wrangler, Duke of Bavaria, and his wife Gisela of Burgundy. Stephen and Gisela had many children, we know the names of the sons Imre (Henry), Ottó (Otto) and Bernát (Bernard), and the daughters Ágota (Agatha) and Hedvig (Hedwig). Hedwig's daughter was canonized as Saint Cunigunda of Luxemburg. Saint Astricus served as Stephen's advisor, and Stephen also had Saint Gerard Sagredo as the tutor for his son Saint Emeric (Imre).
After battling and defeating the pagan nobles who opposed him (including his uncle, a powerful warlord named Koppány), Stephen successfully united all the Magyar clans in the Carpathian Basin territory under his rule in the year 997. According to Hungarian tradition, Pope Silvester II sent a magnificent jeweled gold crown to Stephen along with an apostolic cross and a letter of blessing in the beginning of January, 1001 to officially recognize him as a Christian king of Europe.
Stephen divided Hungary up into 50 counties, and continued the work of his father Geza by applying the decimal organizational system of his ancestors and setting up ten dioceses in Hungary, ordering every ten villages to erect one church and maintain a priest. He founded the cathedrals of Szekesfehervar and Esztergom, the Nunnery of Veszprem, the Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma, and the Monastery of Saint Peter and Paul in Obuda. Inside the abbeys and monasteries, schools were established and they became important centers of culture. Stephen discouraged pagan customs and strengthened Christianity with various laws, including ending the use of the old Hun-Magyar runic alphabet and making Latin the official language of the royal court. Stephen gave generously to the churches, personally visited them often, and supervised their construction. He often disguised himself as a peasant whenever he traveled, and freely gave money to any poor people he met (in one account, Stephen was beaten and robbed by a group of beggars he was giving alms to, but he forgave them and spared their lives).
He intended to retire to a life of holy contemplation and hand the kingdom over to his only son Emeric (Imre), but in 1031 Emeric was wounded in an unfortunate hunting accident and died. In Stephen's words of mourning:
"By God's secret decision death took him, so that wickedness would not change his soul and false imaginations would not deceive his mind — as the Book of Wisdom (The Bible) teaches about early death."Stephen mourned a very long time over the loss of his favorite son, which took a great toll on his health. He eventually recovered, but he never regained his original vitality. Most of Stephen's other children also died young, and he could not find anyone among his remaining relatives who was able to rule the country competently and willing to maintain the Christian faith of the nation. Unable to choose an heir, King Stephen died at Székesfehérvár (a city he built in central Hungary) on the Feast of the Assumption, and was buried there. Both his nobles and his subjects were said to have mourned for 3 straight years afterwards.
Shortly after his death, healing miracles were known to have occurred at his tomb. Stephen was canonized by the Vatican as Saint Stephen of Hungary in 1083. Catholics venerate him as the patron saint of: Hungary, kings, the death of children, masons, stonecutters, and bricklayers. His feast is on September 2, but in Hungary his chief festival is observed on August 20, the day on which his sacred relics were transferred to the city of Buda. His crown is currently enshrined in the National Museum of Budapest.
Excerpt from Saint Stephen's admonitions to his son Emeric:
My beloved son, delight of my heart, hope of your posterity, I pray, I command, that at every time and in everything, strengthened by your devotion to me, you may show favor not only to relations and kin, or to the most eminent, be they leaders or rich men or neighbors or fellow countrymen, but also to foreigners and to all who come to you. By fulfilling your duty in this way you will reach the highest state of happiness. Be merciful to all who are suffering violence, keeping always in your heart the example of the Lord who said, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice." Be patient with everyone, not only with the powerful, but also with the weak.
Finally be strong lest prosperity lift you up too much or adversity cast you down. Be humble in this life, that God may raise you up in the next. Be truly moderate and do not punish or condemn anyone immoderately. Be gentle so that you may never oppose justice. Be honorable so that you may never voluntarily bring disgrace upon anyone. Be chaste so that you may avoid all the foulness of lust like the pangs of death.
All these virtues I have noted above make up the royal crown, and without them no one is fit to rule here on earth or attain to the heavenly kingdom.
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Stephen (1096 - October 25, 1154), the last Norman King of England, reigned from 1135 to 1154, when he was succeeded by his cousin (or, as the gossip of the time had it, his natural son) Henry II, the first of the Angevin or Plantagenet Kings.
Stephen was born at Blois in France, the son of Stephen, Count of Blois, and Adela, daughter of King William I of England. He became Count of Mortain in about 1115, and married Matilda, daughter of the Count of Boulogne, in about 1125.
On the death of King Henry I of England in 1135, the throne should have passed to Henry's daughter, the Empress Maud. Like the other nobles under Henry's rule, Stephen had sworn to support her as queen. However, because of a general belief that women were unfit to rule, he usurped the throne in her absence, and civil war broke out between their respective supporters. Maud alienated many of her supporters because of her arrogance; Stephen, on the other hand, was a weak ruler, and there was much switching of allegiances.
In April, 1141, Stephen was defeated and imprisoned at Bristol. His wife, Matilda, kept faith, and Maud was forced out of London. With the capture of her most able lieutenant, her illegitimate half-brother, Robert of Gloucester, Maud was obliged to release Stephen from captivity, and he was restored to the throne in November of the same year. In December 1142, Maud was besieged at Oxford, but she managed to escape.
Stephen maintained his precarious hold on the throne for the remainder of his lifetime. However, following the death of his son and heir, Eustace, in 1153, he was persuaded to reach a compromise with Maud whereby her son, Henry (from her second marriage to Geoffrey of Anjou), would succeed Stephen on the English throne.
Stephen died at Dover, and was buried in Faversham Abbey.
Besides Eustace, Stephen and Matilda had another son, William, Count of Mortain and Boulogne and Earl of Warenne and Surrey.
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Stephen Porphyrogometus (d. 893) was the Patriarch of Constantinople from 886-893. He was an adopted son of Byzantine Emperor Basil I and the youngest brother of Emperor Leo VI. Both Leo and Stephen were actually the sons of Michael III, whose widow Basil had married. Basil had Stephen castrated, and Stephen became Patriarch when Photius I was dismissed upon the succession of Leo VI.See also: Eastern Orthodoxy
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Photius IList of Constantinople patriarchs Succeeded by:
Antony IISource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stephen Porphyrogometus."
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Stephen II Henry (~1045 - May 19, 1102), Count of Blois and Count of Chartres, was the son of Theobald III, Count of Blois, and Garsinde du Maine.In about 1080, in Chartres, France, Stephen married Adela, a daughter of William the Conqueror. Their third son Stephen of Blois became king of England after Henry I of England died without a male heir and the English did not think Henry I's daughter Empress Maud a suitable ruler because of her sex.
Count Stephen was one of the leaders of the First Crusade, often writing enthusiastic letters to Adela about the crusade's progress. He returned home in 1098 after the lengthy siege of Antioch, without having fulfilled his crusading vow, which would have been completed only if he had made it all the way to Jerusalem. He was pressured by Adela into making a second pilgrimage, and along with others who faced the same pressures after returning home prematurely, he joined the minor crusade of 1101. In 1102, Stephen was killed in battle at the age of 57, during the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem's siege of Ascalon in what is now Israel.
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Stephen is a city located in Marshall County, Minnesota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 708.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.1 km² (0.8 mi²). 2.1 km² (0.8 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 708 people, 292 households, and 188 families residing in the city. The population density is 333.4/km² (865.0/mi²). There are 331 housing units at an average density of 155.9/km² (404.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 93.36% White, 0.00% African American, 0.71% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 4.66% from other races, and 1.13% from two or more races. 8.19% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 292 households out of which 28.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% are married couples living together, 4.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% are non-families. 33.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 22.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.42 and the average family size is 3.13. In the city the population is spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 20.6% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 43 years. For every 100 females there are 99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 95.5 males. The median income for a household in the city is $33,207, and the median income for a family is $42,969. Males have a median income of $31,103 versus $21,667 for females. The per capita income for the city is $17,152. 6.2% of the population and 3.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 2.4% are under the age of 18 and 12.7% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stephen, Minnesota."
Synonym: StephenSynonym: Sir Leslie Stephen (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Stephen |
| English words defined with "Stephen": Protomartyr. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Stephen": Alex, arbitrage pricing theory ♦ Castle of Bungay ♦ Dying Sayings ♦ Five Wits ♦ Geneva Bull ♦ Idealized CSP ♦ Jobs ♦ Kleene star, Kleene, Stephen Cole ♦ Ludgate ♦ Mathematica ♦ Notarica ♦ Oberon-2 ♦ Peerage of the Apostles, Proto-martyr ♦ Scratchpad I, Smec, Steenie, Stephen Cole Kleene, Stephen Jobs, Stephen Kleene, Stephen's Bread, Steve Jobs, Symbols of Saints ♦ Wolfram Research, Inc. ♦ Yezd. (references) |
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Screenplays | Well we were supposed to read a book by Stephen Hawking, and I missed the 'haw' part, and read a book by Stephen King (Less Than Perfect; writing credit: David Blum; Tom Hertz) Well, I couldn't kill you with Stephen around (The Edge; writing credit: David Mamet) You're that geeky Stephen King kid - there's one of you in every school (The Faculty; writing credit: David Wechter; Bruce Kimmel) | |
Lyrics | I bring terror like Stephen King (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre) | |
Tongue Twisters | Strict strong stringy Stephen Stretch slickly snared six sickly silky snakes. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Early Life of Stephen Hind (1974) Let's Sing a Stephen Foster Song (1948) Community Sing: Stephen Foster Songs (1939) The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936) Stephen Steps Out (1923) | |
Song Titles | ON AND ON (performing artist: STEPHEN BISHOP) LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH (performing artist: Stephen Stills ) | |
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 | Marking complete for Station Stephen East Base 98th Meridian survey. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Figure 2. Hales water sampling bottle. This was designed by Reverend Stephen Hales about 1749 and used on H.M.S. EARL of HALIFAX in 1751 in depths ranging from 100 to 1600 meters. Left: descending. Right: ascending. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Stephen, Sir George. Adventures of a Gentleman in Search of a Horse. Philadelphia: John W. Moore, 1857. Credit: USDA. |  | Plant pathologist Stephen Alderman (left) and Bill Pfender compare rust-resistant tall fescue (in top of magnifying lens) with a susceptible variety. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Brian Prechtel. |
 | Caption: Charles Edison and Executive Group, Stephen Mambert on Right; West Orange, NJ; January 23, 1917; {14.310/23} (jpg). |  | [Police officer talking to a group of children holding fishing poles] Stephen Marinuzzi. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Stephen Smith, M.D., LL.D. / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Bachrach.. |  | Officers' baseball team, Summer 1895. Those present are, seated in front, left to right: Assistant Engineer Herman O. Stickney; Ensign Samuel R. Hurlburt; and Ensign Ashley H. Robertson. Seated in middle row, left to right: Ensign Edward W. Eberle; Ensign William H.G. Bullard; Ensign John F. Hubbard (Catcher); and Professor Paul J. Dashiell. Standing in back, left to right: Ensign George R. Marvell; Lieutenant Francis J. Haeseler; Assistant Engineer Horace W. Jones (holding puppy); Second Lieutenant Charles F. Macklin, USMC; and Passed Assistant Surgeon Stephen S. White. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Painting by Creative Arts Studio, prepared for use in an official film on Naval history, circa the early 1960s. It depicts an imaginary meeting of some of the Confederacy's naval leaders, including (seated, left to right): Captain Franklin Buchanan, Captain Josiah Tattnall, and Commander Matthew F. Maury. Shown standing (from left to right) are Captain George N. Hollins, Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes, and Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory. Credit: NAVY. |  | Stephen Gates house, Solvang, Calif. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "St Stephen" by Steve Mulford Commentary: "A statue of St Stephen in Budapest." |
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Senator Stephen A. Douglas | There can be but two great political parties in this country. |
Stephen Crane | Every sin is the result of a collaboration. |
| He wishes that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage. | |
Stephen Decatur | Our country right or wrong. |
Stephen L. Richards | Genius is little more than the capacity for sustained work. |
Stephen R. Covey | For in becoming all things to all people, one eventually becomes nothing to everybody, including, and particularly to oneself. |
Stephen William Hawking | It matters if you just don't give up. |
| God not only plays dice, he also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen. | |
| My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all. | |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | And on this head, we have caused to be made for them letters testimonial patent of the lord Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, of the lord Henry, archbishop of Dublin, of the bishops aforesaid, and of Master Pandulf as touching this security and the concessions aforesaid. (reference) |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Stephen, his tongue cleaving to his palate, bowed his head, praying with his heart |
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Health | This e-pub was written by Stephen J. Marx, M.D. and reviewed by Robert T. Jensen, M.D., both of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. (references) | |
Economic History | Australia | The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is Australia's oldest political party, formed nationally in 1901 and given its present name in 1918. The Labour Party of Victoria is led by Victoria's 45th Premier, the Honorable Stephen Bracks. (references) |
Hungary | In January 1978, the United States returned to the people of Hungary the historic Crown of Saint Stephen, which had been safeguarded by the United States since the end of World War II. Symbolically and actually, this event marked the beginning of excellent relations between the two countries. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guyana | Two men, Stephen Angel and Sais Ghani, were shot and killed. (references) |
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Nicole Kidman | I know. Because it was right for the character. It was right for, I mean Stephen Daldry didn't say to me, well I want you to do this role and you've got to wear a prosthetic nose, I mean. |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Gentlemen, I look at you and I think of the words of Stephen Spender's poem. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Stephen Bishop is the police chief of Kansas City. |
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| "Stephen" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Stephen" is used about 4,852 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 4,852 | 2,015 |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "Stephen" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Stephen | First name Female | 2,000 | 2,600 |
| Stephen | First name Male | 540,000 | 34 |
| Stephen | Last name | 3,000 | 3,845 |
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| "Stephen" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a crown", "same as Stephanas". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Stephen." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Stephanos | Male | Ancient Greek | Stephen |
| Eztebe | Male | Basque | Stephen |
| Stephen | N/A | Biblical | N/A |
| Stephen | Male | Biblical | N/A |
| Stefan | Male | Bulgarian | Stephen |
| Esteve | Male | Catalan | Stephen |
| Stepan | Male | Czech | Stephen |
| Stef | Female, Male | English | Stephen |
| Steph | Female, Male | English | Stephen |
| Stephania | Female | English | Stephen |
| Stephanie | Female | English | Stephen |
| Stephany | Female | English | Stephen |
| Stephen | Male | English | N/A |
| Steven | Male | English | Stephen |
| Stevie | Female, Male | English | Stephen |
| Tahvo | Male | Finnish | Stephen |
| Tapani | Male | Finnish | Stephen |
| Teppo | Male | Finnish | Stephen |
| Étienne | Male | French | Stephen |
| Stéphane | Male | French | Stephen |
| Stéphanie | Female | French | Stephen |
| Stefan | Male | German | Stephen |
| Steffen | Male | German | Stephen |
| Stephan | Male | German | Stephen |
| Stephanie | Female | German | Stephen |
| Stefanos | Male | Greek | Stephen |
| Stephanos | Male | Greek | Stephen |
| István | Male | Hungarian | Stephen |
| Stiofán | Male | Irish | Stephen |
| Stefania | Female | Italian | Stephen |
| Stefano | Male | Italian | Stephen |
| Tipene | Male | Maori | Stephen |
| Stefan | Male | Polish | Stephen |
| Stefana | Female | Polish | Stephen |
| Stefania | Female | Polish | Stephen |
| Szczepan | Male | Polish | Stephen |
| Estevão | Male | Portuguese | Stephen |
| Estève | Male | Provençal | Stephen |
| Stefan | Male | Romanian | Stephen |
| Stefania | Female | Romanian | Stephen |
| Stepan | Male | Russian | Stephen |
| Stefan | Male | Scandinavian | Stephen |
| Steafan | Male | Scottish | Stephen |
| Steaphan | Male | Scottish | Stephen |
| Steenie | Male | Scottish | Stephen |
| Stefan | Male | Slovene | Stephen |
| Estéban | Male | Spanish | Stephen |
| Estavan | Male | Spanish | Stephen |
| Estefanía | Female | Spanish | Stephen |
| Steffan | Male | Welsh | Stephen |
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1. Stephen, MN (city, FIPS 62698) |
Expressions using "Stephen": Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf ♦ Laurence Stephen Lowry ♦ Saint Stephen ♦ Sir Leslie Stephen ♦ Sir Stephen Harold Spender ♦ st stephen ♦ St. Stephen ♦ Stephen A. Douglas ♦ Stephen Arnold Douglas ♦ Stephen Butler Leacock ♦ Stephen Cole Kleene ♦ Stephen Collins Foster ♦ Stephen Crane ♦ Stephen Foster ♦ Stephen Girard ♦ Stephen Grover Cleveland ♦ Stephen Hawking ♦ Stephen Jay Gould ♦ Stephen Jobs ♦ Stephen Kleene ♦ Stephen Leacock ♦ Stephen Samuel Wise ♦ Stephen Sondheim ♦ Stephen Spender ♦ Stephen William Hawking ♦ Vanessa Stephen. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
stephen king | 2,511 | stephen still | 101 |
stephen hawking | 571 | stephen king biography | 90 |
stephen lynch | 514 | carrow stephen | 86 |
stephen dorff | 290 | stephen collins | 85 |
stephen covey | 270 | stephen curtis chapman | 81 |
lynch lyrics stephen | 242 | stephen breyer | 81 |
stephen f austin state university | 234 | stephen hawkings | 77 |
stephen crane | 213 | stephen ambrose | 75 |
stephen f austin university | 207 | stephen sondheim | 74 |
stephen king it | 201 | stephen king dark tower | 71 |
stephen f austin | 194 | stephen chow | 68 |
stephen baldwin | 160 | stephen fung | 68 |
foster stephen | 141 | charles email stephen wife | 68 |
stephen | 141 | ministry stephen | 67 |
stephen malkmus | 137 | stephen lynch tab | 64 |
stephen speaks | 136 | stephen spielberg | 63 |
stephen jackson | 129 | stephen wright | 62 |
movie stephen king | 126 | stephen douglas | 61 |
stephen king book | 124 | stephen fuller | 61 |
stephen hawkins | 108 | stephen king the stand | 60 |
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| Language | Translations for "Stephen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | Stephan. (various references) | |
Greek | Στέφανοσ. (various references) | |
Manx | Steaon. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ephenstay.(various references) | |
Russian | стивен (steven). (various references) | |
Welsh | Steffan. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Sanctus Stephanus. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 22, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ote execeito to aima stefanou tou marturoV sou kai autoV hmhn efestwV kai suneudokwn th anairesei autou kai fulasswn ta imatia twn anairountwn auton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et cum funderetur sanguis Stephani testis tui ego adstabam et consentiebam et custodiebam vestimenta interficientium illum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne the blood of Steuene, thi witnesse, was sched out, Y stood niy, and consentide, and kept the clothis of men that slowen hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And when the bloud of thy witnes Steven was sheed I also stode by and consented vnto his deeth and kept the rayment of them that slewe him. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when Stephen your witness was put to death, I was there, giving approval, and looking after the clothing of those who put him to death. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 22, Verse 20 |
| Albanian | kur u derdh gjaku i Stefanit, dëshmorit tënd, edhe unë isha i pranishëm, e miratoja vdekjen e tij dhe ruaja rrobat e atyre që e vrisnin. |
| Cebuano | ug nga sa pag-ula gani sa dugo ni Esteban nga imong saksi, ako usab nagtambong man ug naghatag sa akong pag-uyon niini, ug ako gayud mao ang nag-atang sa mga bisti sa mga nagpatay kaniya.` |
| Croatian | I dok se prolijevala krv Stjepana, svjedoka tvoga, i ja sam ondje stajao i odobravao te èuvao haljine onih koji ga ubijahu.' |
| Danish | og da dit Vidne Stefanus's Blod blev udgydt, stod også jeg hos og havde Behag deri og vogtede på deres Klæder, som sloge ham ihjel. |
| Dutch | En toen het bloed van Stefanus, Uw getuige, vergoten werd, dat ik daar ook bij stond, en mede een welbehagen had in zijn dood, en de klederen bewaarde dergenen, die hem doodden. |
| Finnish | Ja kun Stefanuksen, sinun todistajasi, veri vuodatettiin, olin minäkin läsnä, hyväksyin sen ja vartioin hänen surmaajainsa vaatteita.` |
| French | lorsqu`on répandit le sang d`Étienne, ton témoin, j`étais moi-même présent, joignant mon approbation à celle des autres, et gardant les vêtements de ceux qui le faisaient mourir. |
| German | und da das Blut des Stephanus, deines Zeugen, vergossen ward, stand ich auch dabei und hatte Wohlgefallen an seinem Tode und verwahrte denen die Kleider, die ihn töteten. |
| Hungarian | És mikor ama te mártírodnak, Istvánnak vére kiontaték, én is ott állék és helyeslém az õ megöletését, és õrizém azoknak köntösét, a kik õt megölték. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Begitu juga ketika saksi-Mu Stefanus dibunuh mati, saya sendiri berada di situ dan menyetujui pembunuhan itu. Malah sayalah yang menunggui pakaian orang-orang yang membunuh dia.' |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan tatkala darah Stepanus, yaitu saksimu, ditumpahkan, aku ada juga berdiri dekat serta memperkenankan, dan menunggu pakaian orang yang membunuh dia. |
| Italian | quando si versava il sangue di Stefano, tuo testimone, anch'io ero presente e approvavo e custodivo i vestiti di quelli che lo uccidevano. |
| Maori | A, i te whakahekenga o nga toto o tou kaiwhakaatu, o Tepene, i reira ahau e tu ana, e whakaae ana, e tiaki ana hoki i nga kakahu o ona kaiwhakamate. |
| Norwegian | og da blodet av Stefanus, ditt vidne, blev utgytt, stod jeg også hos og samtykte i det og tok vare på klærne til dem som slo ham ihjel. |
| Portuguese | e quando se derramava o sangue de Estêvão, tua testemunha, eu também estava presente, consentindo na sua morte e guardando as capas dos que o matavam. |
| Rumanian | wi cq, atunci cknd se vqrsa skngele lui Wtefan, marturul Tqu, eram wi eu de fayq, kmi uneam kncuviinyarea mea cu a celorlayi, wi pqzeam hainele celor ce -l omorau.`` |
| Russian | Й ЛПЗДБ РТПМЙЧБМБУШ ЛТПЧШ уФЕЖБОБ, УЧЙДЕФЕМС фЧПЕЗП, С ФБН УФПСМ, ПДПВТСМ ХВЙЕОЙЕ ЕЗП Й УФЕТЕЗ ПДЕЦДЩ РПВЙЧБЧЫЙИ ЕЗП. |
| Shuar | Tura Nuyá Aminiu etserniun Estepankan Máiniakuisha wisha wajamjai. Túruiniakui, "pénkeraiti" Tímiajai. Nú arantcha ni pushirin iirsamjai" Tímiajai.' |
| Spanish | y cuando se derramaba la sangre de tu testigo Esteban, yo también estaba presente, aprobaba su muerte y guardaba la ropa de los que le mataban." |
| Swahili | Na kwamba wakati shahidi wako Stefano alipouawa, mimi binafsi nilikuwako pale nikakubaliana na kitendo hicho na kuyalinda makoti ya wale waliokuwa wanamuua.` |
| Uma | Wae wo'o, hi karapatehi-na sabi' -nu Stefanus, retu wo'o-a-kuwo mpokagoe' karapatehi-na, pai' aku' -mi to mpodongo baju-ra to mpopatehi-i.' |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Stephen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Estephe, Sephen, Seyhan. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-n-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: sphene. | |
-2 letters: hents, neeps, peens, penes, sente, sheen, sheep, sheet, shent, spent, steep, teens, tense, thens, these. | |
-3 letters: eths, hens, hent, hest, hets, neep, nest, nets, peen, pees, pehs, pens, pent, pest, pets, seen, seep, sene, sent, sept, step, teen, tees, tens, thee, then. | |
-4 letters: ens, eth, hen, hep, hes, het, nee, net, nth. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-n-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: haptenes, heptanes, phenates, potheens. | |
+2 letters: elephants, ethephons, neophytes, nepenthes, nephrites, penthouse, phenetics, phenetols, trephines. | |
+3 letters: antiherpes, endophytes, enthalpies, epentheses, epenthesis, externship, hypertense, hyphenates, hypotenuse, interphase, naphthenes, nephelites, nymphettes, pachytenes, penthouses, phenacites, phenakites, phenolates, phenotypes, polythenes, telephones, thiophenes, toxaphenes. | |
+4 letters: antechapels, ctenophores, externships, hemipterans, houseparent, hypersthene, hypocenters, hypotensive, hypotenuses, hypothenuse, interphases, metanephros, nephritides, nephrostome, parentheses, parenthesis, pentarchies, permethrins, pettishness, phenacetins, pheneticist, pinfeathers, pithinesses, planchettes, preachments, pythonesses, stereophony, telephoners, telephonies, telephonist, theophanies, threepences, traineeship. | |
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