{"id":21942,"date":"2024-12-30T13:05:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T13:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=21942"},"modified":"2026-09-19T21:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T21:24:20","slug":"is-aiden-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/is-aiden-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Aiden staat niet in de Bijbel \u2014 Het betekent \"vuur\""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Aiden is not in the Bible. It is the anglicised form of the Irish Aodh\u00e1n, from Aodh, which comes from Old Irish \u00c1ed and means fire. A pagan name, in origin \u2014 Aodh belonged to figures in Irish mythology and to several high kings. And then it was carried by a monk from Iona who converted the north of England without raising his voice. What does the name Aiden mean? Fire. Aodh was among the most popular names in early\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>Aiden is Irish for &quot;fire&quot; \u2014 and Aidan of Lindisfarne walked instead of riding, so he could stop for whoever was on the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[222],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-21942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","tag-222","series-names-and-their-biblical-meanings"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11509,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/aden-bible-name-meaning\/","url_meta":{"origin":21942,"position":0},"title":"Is Aden in the Bible? 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