{"id":19146,"date":"2024-12-16T22:24:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T22:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=19146"},"modified":"2026-09-21T14:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:37:08","slug":"is-star-a-biblical-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/is-star-a-biblical-name\/","title":{"rendered":"\u300c\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u300d\u306f\u8056\u66f8\u7684\u306a\u540d\u524d\u304b\uff1f\u3044\u3044\u3048\u3001\u3057\u304b\u3057\u30a8\u30b9\u30c6\u30eb\u306f\u300c\u661f\u300d\u3092\u610f\u5473\u3059\u308b\u53ef\u80fd\u6027\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No one in the Bible is named Star. The Bible name usually explained as &quot;star&quot; is Esther, the Jewish queen of Persia, whose name may come from the Persian word for star. Estrella, the Spanish word and name, appears often in Spanish Bibles, but never as anyone&#039;s name. Is Star a biblical name? Star does not occur as a personal name in the Hebrew or Greek text of the Bible or in any translation, and neither do its forms in\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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Esther&#039;s name may come from the Persian for star, and Estrella, the Spanish word, is common in Spanish Bibles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-19146","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":11589,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/estelle-meaning-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":19146,"position":0},"title":"Is Estelle in the Bible?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"10\u6708 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"No one named Estelle appears in the Bible. 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