{"id":11549,"date":"2024-10-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=11549"},"modified":"2026-09-19T23:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T23:10:42","slug":"meaning-monica-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/meaning-monica-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Monica kommt in der Bibel nicht vor \u2014 und ihr spezifischstes Gebet wurde abgelehnt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Monica is not in the Bible. Its origin is genuinely uncertain, and the woman who made it famous spent about seventeen years praying for a son who wanted her to stop. What the name means The honest answer is that nobody knows. Monica was a North African name, possibly Berber in origin, and it has also been connected to the Latin monere, to advise or warn, and to the Greek monos, alone. These are guesses made after the fact, working\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>Monica is not in the Bible. Her most specific prayer was refused, and the refusal was how the larger one was answered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-11549","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":18852,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/is-monique-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":11549,"position":0},"title":"Monique Is Not in the Bible \u2014 Its Meaning Is Unknown","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Januar 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Monique is not in the Bible. 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