{"id":19143,"date":"2024-12-18T10:24:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T10:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=19143"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:01:47","slug":"is-jeffrey-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/is-jeffrey-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Kommt Jeffrey in der Bibel vor? Nein, es ist eine mittelalterliche Schreibweise von Geoffrey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Jeffrey is not in the Bible. It is a medieval spelling of Geoffrey, a name the Normans brought to England from France. The second half of the name comes from the Old German fridu, &quot;peace.&quot; What the first half meant is disputed, so Jeffrey has no single agreed meaning. What does Jeffrey mean? Geoffrey is the Norman French form of a Frankish name. Name scholars agree that its second part is fridu, &quot;peace.&quot; For the first part they have proposed\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>Jeffrey is not in the Bible. It is a medieval spelling of Geoffrey, a Germanic name the Normans brought to England; its second half means &quot;peace.&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-19143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11601,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/cordelia-bible-meaning\/","url_meta":{"origin":19143,"position":0},"title":"Is Cordelia in the Bible? No, It Comes from the Legend of King Lear","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"November 8, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"No one named Cordelia appears in the Bible. 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