{"id":18963,"date":"2025-01-17T13:18:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T13:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=18963"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:45:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:45:52","slug":"linda-biblical-name-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/linda-biblical-name-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Linda no est\u00e1 en la Biblia, significa tanto \u201ctierna\u201d como \u201chermosa\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Linda is not in the Bible, and it has two meanings rather than one \u2014 which is unusual, and rather lovely, because Scripture joins them in a single verse. The old root is Germanic: lind, soft, flexible, tender. And the modern word is Spanish and Portuguese: linda, beautiful. Two languages, two meanings, arriving at the same name by different roads. What does the name Linda mean? Both things, honestly. The name grew out of medieval Germanic names containing the element\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\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/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>Linda is not in the Bible. It means &quot;tender&quot; in Germanic and &quot;beautiful&quot; in Spanish \u2014 and 1 Peter puts both in one verse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-18963","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":11603,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/meaning-lindsey-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":18963,"position":0},"title":"Is Lindsey in the Bible? 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