Laura staat niet in de Bijbel — Het betekent “Laurier”

Laura is not in the Bible. It is Latin — from laurus, the laurel — and the Scriptures were written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek by people who had no reason to reach for a Roman word for a tree. But of all the names that are not in Scripture, this one comes closest to walking in. Because Paul knew exactly what a laurel was, and he had something to say about it. What does the name Laura mean? Laurel.…