{"id":18868,"date":"2025-01-10T13:36:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T13:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=18868"},"modified":"2026-09-19T20:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T20:19:13","slug":"is-britney-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/is-britney-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney staat niet in de Bijbel \u2014 de naam komt van mensen die hun huis verlieten"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Britney is not in the Bible. It is a respelling of Brittany, and Brittany is a place \u2014 named after people who had to leave home. Where the name comes from Brittany is the north-western corner of France. It carries that name because Britons crossed the Channel and settled there, largely in the fifth and sixth centuries, as their own island became unsafe. The region is Bretagne; their old home is Grande-Bretagne, Great Britain. The place name became a given\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>Britney is not in the Bible. It comes from Brittany, a region named for people who had to leave home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-18868","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":11615,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/meaning-of-brittney-in-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":18868,"position":0},"title":"Is Brittney in the Bible? No, It Is Named for Brittany in France","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"oktober 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"No one named Brittney appears in the Bible. 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