{"id":18844,"date":"2024-11-27T14:23:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T14:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=18844"},"modified":"2026-09-19T17:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:43:11","slug":"katherine-biblical-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/katherine-biblical-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Katherine non \u00e8 nella Bibbia \u2014 e nessuno sa cosa significhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Katherine is not in the Bible, and it does not mean &quot;pure&quot; \u2014 not originally, anyway. The truth is more interesting, and it involves a saint whose existence historians cannot confirm. Let us take all of that honestly, dear friends, because a faith that needs tidier facts than it has is not a strong one. What does the name Katherine mean? Nobody knows. The name comes from the Greek Aikaterine, and its origin is genuinely disputed. It may derive from\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\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/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>Katherine is not in the Bible and its origin is genuinely unknown. &quot;Pure&quot; is a meaning Christians gave it \u2014 and then changed the spelling to fit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-18844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-names-and-their-biblical-meanings"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18848,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/karen-name-in-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":18844,"position":0},"title":"Karen Is Not in the Bible \u2014 Its &#8220;Pure&#8221; Meaning Comes from Katherine","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Dicembre 5, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Karen is not in the Bible. 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