{"id":18860,"date":"2024-11-30T14:23:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T14:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=18860"},"modified":"2026-09-19T17:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:06:55","slug":"meaning-of-melanie-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/meaning-of-melanie-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie n'est pas dans la Bible \u2014 cela signifie \u00ab sombre \u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Melanie is not in the Bible. It comes through the French M\u00e9lanie from the Latin Melania, and behind that stands the Greek melaina \u2014 black, dark. That is a meaning people sometimes flinch at, dear friends, and we should not let them. Scripture has a verse for it, and the verse is one of the boldest things any woman says in the whole Bible. What does the name Melanie mean? Dark. The Greek melaina is the feminine of the word\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>Melanie is not in the Bible. It is Greek for &quot;dark&quot; \u2014 and the Song of Songs has a woman say &quot;Dark am I, yet lovely&quot; without apologising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-18860","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":53675,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/is-donald-trump-catholic\/","url_meta":{"origin":18860,"position":0},"title":"Is Donald Trump Catholic?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"juin 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"No. Donald Trump was raised and confirmed Presbyterian, and since 2020 he calls himself a non-denominational Christian. 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