Alexis staat niet in de Bijbel — het betekent “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…