{"id":18984,"date":"2025-02-07T01:05:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T01:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=18984"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:07:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:07:33","slug":"luis-biblical-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/luis-biblical-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis staat niet in de Bijbel \u2014 Het betekent \u201cBeroemd in de strijd\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Luis is not in the Bible. Neither is Lu\u00eds, nor Louis, nor Ludwig, nor Lewis. The Scriptures were closed centuries before any Frank was called by this name, and the name itself is not Hebrew or Greek but Germanic: hlud, famous, joined to wig, war. A man famous in battle. That is not a Scriptural meaning. But it is not nothing either, dear friends \u2014 because the first man we can name who carried it went down into baptismal water\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>Luis is not in the Bible. It is Germanic \u2014 &quot;famous in battle&quot; \u2014 and the first king to carry it was baptized on Christmas Eve, 496.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-18984","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":20925,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/leonardo-name-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":18984,"position":0},"title":"Leonardo Is Not in the Bible \u2014 It Means &#8220;Brave Lion&#8221;","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"december 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Leonardo is not in the Bible. 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