{"id":22000,"date":"2025-01-05T13:05:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T13:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=22000"},"modified":"2026-09-19T23:03:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T23:03:04","slug":"name-olivia-in-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/name-olivia-in-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia staat niet in de Bijbel \u2014 Shakespeare heeft het verzonnen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Olivia is not in the Bible. Shakespeare appears to have made it up, and it means olive \u2014 which is one of the most heavily worked images in Scripture. Where the name comes from Olivia&#039;s first clear appearance is as a character in Twelfth Night, written around 1601. Shakespeare may have adapted an existing name, but no earlier use is well attested, and the play is what put it into circulation. Behind it is the Latin oliva, olive. Is Olivia\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>Olivia is not in the Bible. Shakespeare appears to have made it up, and it means olive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-22000","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":9103,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/grapefruit-spiritual-meaning\/","url_meta":{"origin":22000,"position":0},"title":"Grapefruit Is Not in the Bible \u2014 It Was Invented in Barbados","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"september 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Grapefruit is not in the Bible. 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