Margaret staat niet in de Bijbel — Het betekent “parel”

Margaret is not in the Bible. It comes through the Latin Margarita from the Greek margarites, and it means pearl. Of all the meanings a name could carry, dear friends, this is the one our Lord chose when he wanted to say what the kingdom of God is worth. What does the name Margaret mean? Pearl. The Greek word was probably borrowed from further east — an Indo-Iranian language, before the Greeks had it — which is fitting for a…