{"id":18882,"date":"2024-12-06T14:23:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=18882"},"modified":"2026-09-16T16:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:18:36","slug":"name-heather-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/name-heather-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30d8\u30b6\u30fc\u3068\u3044\u3046\u540d\u524d\u306f\u8056\u66f8\u306b\u767b\u5834\u3057\u307e\u305b\u3093\uff1a\u82f1\u8a9e\u306e\u690d\u7269\u540d\u3068\u91ce\u306e\u82b1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Go up onto a moor in August and the whole hill has turned purple, and there is nothing else growing on it. That is heather. Thin soil, wind off the sea, four months of rain, and it blooms anyway \u2014 which is more than most things manage, and more than most of us manage. The name is not in the Bible. It is Old English, from h\u00e6ddre, and it came to us as a girl&#039;s name only in the last\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\/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>Heather is not in the Bible. Its Old English roots connect to nature and resilience, embodying virtues aligned with faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-18882","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":18857,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/hadley-biblical-name\/","url_meta":{"origin":18882,"position":0},"title":"Is Hadley in the Bible? 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