{"id":21928,"date":"2024-12-21T22:23:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T22:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=21928"},"modified":"2026-09-21T14:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:04:53","slug":"is-merrick-in-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/is-merrick-in-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30e1\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\uff08Merrick\uff09\u306f\u8056\u66f8\u306b\u767b\u5834\u3057\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f\u3044\u3044\u3048\u3001\u30a6\u30a7\u30fc\u30eb\u30ba\u8a9e\u306eMeurig\u306b\u7531\u6765\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No one named Merrick appears in the Bible. Merrick comes from a Welsh surname taken from the given name Meurig, which may be a Welsh form of the Latin Mauritius, the source of Maurice. It is not a Hebrew name. Its main link to Christian tradition runs through Saint Maurice, a Roman soldier honored as a martyr. What does the name Merrick mean? Behind the Name, a standard name reference, traces Merrick to a Welsh surname derived from the given\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>No one named Merrick appears in the Bible. It comes from a Welsh surname taken from Meurig, possibly a form of the Latin Mauritius, the source of Maurice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-21928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18874,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/is-maddox-a-biblical-name\/","url_meta":{"origin":21928,"position":0},"title":"Is Maddox in the Bible? 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