What Does “Sor” Mean in the Bible?
Title
A title placed before the name of a religious sister in Spanish. It means “Sister.”
A detail
- In the Bible: Anna, the prophetess, served God in the Temple night and day, with fasting and prayer.
Today
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz; in English, Sister Teresa.
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 2:37
What the Bible says
Luke 2:37
And she was a widow until fourscore and four years; who departed not from the temple, by fastings and prayers serving night and day.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “sor”; Catechism 915