{"id":11606,"date":"2025-01-27T13:05:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T13:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=11606"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:35:59","slug":"meaning-of-mason-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/meaning-of-mason-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Mason een Bijbelse naam? Nee, maar de Bijbel noemt metselaars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No one named Mason appears in the Bible. Mason is an English surname taken from the word for a stoneworker, from Old French masson. The word itself is in the Bible: the King James Version mentions masons several times, including those Hiram, king of Tyre, sent to build David a house (2 Samuel 5:11). Is Mason a name in the Bible? Not as a name. No person in the Old or New Testament is called Mason, and the name has\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 wp-element-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>No one named Mason appears in the Bible. Mason is an English surname meaning &quot;stoneworker,&quot; and the King James Version mentions masons who built for David.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-11606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-names-and-their-biblical-meanings"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18886,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/is-the-name-cason-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":11606,"position":0},"title":"Is Cason in the Bible? No, It Comes from an English Place Name","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"december 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"No one named Cason appears in the Bible. 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