Scotland's Jews

**neloon** · 13th March 13, 11:09 AM

"Benzie" is a not uncommon Aberdeenshire surname generally said to be derived from "Benjamin" (?via "Benjie").
Jacobite is just from James . Why Jacobus is Latin for James I know not.
Hebrides in original Greek was something like "Ebudae" so I doubt that there is any connection with "Hebrew".
Alan

**Nathan** · 13th March 13, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by neloon

"Benzie" is a not uncommon Aberdeenshire surname generally said to be derived from "Benjamin" (?via "Benjie").
Jacobite is just from James . Why Jacobus is Latin for James I know not.
Alan

Indeed, they went with the Latin to underline the Catholic element of their protest. Imagine if they had gone with the Gaelic... would it have been the "Hamishite Uprising"?

But I wonder where "James" comes from really. The New Testament figure, James was an Aramaic speaking Judean Hebrew whose name would be Yacov, from which we derive Jacob. This has the Greek cognate of Iakobos and thus the latin Jacobus. How this became "James" and Seamus and Hamish is still a mystery to me.

**Wil** · 24th April 13, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by neloon

"Benzie" is a not uncommon Aberdeenshire surname generally said to be derived from "Benjamin" (?via "Benjie").
Jacobite is just from James . Why Jacobus is Latin for James I know not.
Hebrides in original Greek was something like "Ebudae" so I doubt that there is any connection with "Hebrew".
Alan

Alan,
Also Benzie, is short in Yiddish/Hebrew for Benzion. Ben (son of ), Zie (Zion) so it is Son of Zion.....
I have never heard of Benzie being short for Benjamin in Yiddish/Hebrew

**neloon** · 24th April 13, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by Wil

Alan,
Also Benzie, is short in Yiddish/Hebrew for Benzion. Ben (son of ), Zie (Zion) so it is Son of Zion.....
I have never heard of Benzie being short for Benjamin in Yiddish/Hebrew

OK, Wil, that could be right.
Alan