{"id":11618,"date":"2024-10-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=11618"},"modified":"2026-09-19T23:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T23:10:23","slug":"angela-name-meaning-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/angela-name-meaning-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Angela n'est pas dans la Bible \u2014 mais Angelos signifie messager"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Angela is not a name in the Bible. The word behind it is, several hundred times, and it does not mean what most people think. What the name means Angela comes from the Greek angelos, which means messenger. That is the whole of it. The word had no religious content on its own. A runner carrying news was an angelos. The word describes a job. What that changes When the New Testament calls a being an angel, it is naming\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\/fr\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/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>Angela is not a name in Scripture, but the word behind it is, hundreds of times. Angelos means messenger \u2014 a job, not a species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-11618","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":2305,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/archangels-vs-angels-the-divine-dichotomy-explained\/","url_meta":{"origin":11618,"position":0},"title":"Archangels vs Angels: What Is the Difference?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"mai 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"An archangel is a chief angel. 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