{"id":11547,"date":"2025-03-21T13:05:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=11547"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:25:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:25:59","slug":"meaning-of-leroy-in-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/meaning-of-leroy-in-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Staat Leroy in de Bijbel? Nee, het is Frans voor \u201cDe Koning\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Leroy is not in the Bible. It comes from the French nickname le roi, &quot;the king,&quot; and has been common as an English boy&#039;s name since the 19th century. The Bible does have a name with the same meaning: Melech, Hebrew for &quot;king,&quot; a descendant of King Saul listed in 1 Chronicles 8:35. What does Leroy mean? Leroy means &quot;the king.&quot; Roi is the French word for king, and it comes from the Latin rex. Le Roy and Leroy began\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\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/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>Leroy is not in the Bible: it is French le roi, &quot;the king,&quot; though the Bible has Melech, Hebrew for &quot;king,&quot; in 1 Chronicles 8:35.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-11547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-names-and-their-biblical-meanings"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11518,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/meaning-of-daryl-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":11547,"position":0},"title":"Is Daryl in the Bible? 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