{"id":3168,"date":"2024-05-24T19:09:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/orange-symbolism-bible\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T00:08:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T00:08:57","slug":"orange-symbolism-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/orange-symbolism-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"L'orange n'est pas dans la Bible \u2014 ni la couleur ni le fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Orange is not in the Bible \u2014 not the colour and not the fruit. The word did not exist in English as a colour name until the sixteenth century, and the fruit reached the Mediterranean long after Scripture was written. Why the colour is missing English itself had no word for orange until the fruit arrived to supply one. Before that, the range was described as red or yellow, and Old English used a compound meaning yellow-red. Biblical Hebrew is\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>Orange is not in the Bible \u2014 neither the colour nor the fruit. English had no word for it until the fruit supplied one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-mysteries"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22131,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/is-pink-in-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":3168,"position":0},"title":"Pink Is Not in the Bible \u2014 but One Red Came from a Worm","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"janvier 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Pink is not in the Bible. 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