{"id":11499,"date":"2024-12-10T02:23:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T02:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=11499"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:23:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:23:25","slug":"charlotte-name-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/charlotte-name-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte kommt in der Bibel nicht vor \u2013 und es bedeutet nicht \u201efrei\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Charlotte is not in the Bible. It is the French feminine of Charles, and Charles comes from the Germanic Karl \u2014 a word that meant, quite simply, man. We should pause on that, dear friends, because a great many pages will tell us the name means &quot;free woman,&quot; and the freedom is a later gloss rather than the root. The honest meaning is humbler and, I think, lovelier: one of us. A human being. And the whole Gospel turns on\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte is not in the Bible, and its root is not &quot;free&quot; but &quot;man&quot; \u2014 which is what God chose to become.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-11499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-names-and-their-biblical-meanings"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19148,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/charlene-bible-name\/","url_meta":{"origin":11499,"position":0},"title":"Is Charlene in the Bible? 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