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Alexis Is Not in the Bible — It Means “Helper”

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  • Alexis is not in the Bible. It is Greek for “helper” or “defender,” from the verb alexo, which the New Testament never uses.
  • Alexander, from the same verb, appears in five New Testament passages.
  • Alexis was mainly a man’s name and still is in French; in English it became common for girls in the twentieth century.
  • Saint Alexius is known through a legend: a Roman noble’s son who lived as a beggar under his father’s stairs. His feast is 17 July in the West.
  • Scripture speaks of help in Psalm 121:1-2 and John 14:16, where some Bibles call the Spirit “the Helper.”

Alexis is not in the Bible. It is a Greek name meaning “helper” or “defender,” from the verb alexo, “to defend, to help,” and neither the name nor the verb appears in the New Testament. Its Christian history comes from Saint Alexius, the “Man of God” of a legend honored in both the Eastern and Western Churches. What does Alexis mean? Alexis means “helper” or “defender.” It is built directly on alexo, the same verb that forms the first half…

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Sources: Behind the Name entry for Alexis; Catholic Encyclopedia (1907), “St. Alexius”; the SBL Greek New Testament (MorphGNT), searched for the verb alexo; Scripture quotations from the NIV via BibleGateway (Mark 15:21; Psalm 121:1-2; John 14:16), with the ESV and NKJV at John 14:16.

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