{"id":18858,"date":"2024-12-02T14:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T14:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=18858"},"modified":"2026-09-21T12:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:25:04","slug":"donna-name-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/donna-name-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30c9\u30ca\u306f\u8056\u66f8\u306e\u540d\u524d\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f\u3044\u3044\u3048\u3001\u30a4\u30bf\u30ea\u30a2\u8a9e\u3067\u300c\u8cb4\u5a66\u4eba\u300d\u3092\u610f\u5473\u3057\u307e\u3059"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Donna is not in the Bible. It is the Italian word for &quot;lady,&quot; from the Latin domina, the feminine of dominus, &quot;lord.&quot; The nearest thing to it in Scripture is the opening of John&#039;s second letter, which is addressed &quot;to the lady chosen by God.&quot; What does Donna mean? Donna means &quot;lady.&quot; In Latin, domina was the mistress of a household, and dominus was its master; Latin-speaking Christians used Dominus for the Lord. Italian wore domina down to donna and\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? 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>Donna is not in the Bible. It is Italian for &quot;lady,&quot; from Latin domina, and the nearest thing in Scripture is the &quot;lady chosen by God&quot; of 2 John.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-18858","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":21929,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/is-donald-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":18858,"position":0},"title":"Is Donald in the Bible? 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