{"id":11537,"date":"2024-12-21T22:23:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T22:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=11537"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:40:26","slug":"maya-name-bible-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/maya-name-bible-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30de\u30e4\uff08Maya\uff09\u306f\u8056\u66f8\u306b\u767b\u5834\u3057\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f\u3044\u3044\u3048\u3001\u3053\u306e\u540d\u524d\u306b\u306f\u30ae\u30ea\u30b7\u30e3\u8a9e\u3001\u30b5\u30f3\u30b9\u30af\u30ea\u30c3\u30c8\u8a9e\u3001\u30d8\u30d6\u30e9\u30a4\u8a9e\u306e\u30eb\u30fc\u30c4\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No one named Maya appears in the Bible. The name has three separate origins. The English Maya is a form of Maia, from a Greek word meaning &quot;good mother&quot;; the Hindu and Buddhist Maya is Sanskrit for &quot;illusion&quot;; and the Hebrew Maya comes from mayim, &quot;water.&quot; Is Maya in the Bible? No man or woman in the Old or New Testament is named Maya, and no translation uses the name. The closest the Bible comes is the Hebrew word mayim,\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\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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