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Scripture’s field of bones is Ezekiel 37, and the answer given there is the honest one: Sovereign Lord, you alone know.
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Да. Иоанн — это еврейское Йоханан, «Яхве милостив». Пять мужчин в Новом Завете носят его, среди них Иоанн Креститель и апостол Иоанн.
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Geraldine is not in the Bible. A poet coined it in 1537, from a Germanic root meaning spear-ruler — and Isaiah beats spears into pruning hooks.
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No one named Hazel appears in the Bible. The King James Version has the hazel tree once, in Genesis 30:37, where modern Bibles read “almond.”
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Yes. Four or five New Testament men are named Alexander, among them a son of Simon of Cyrene (Mark 15:21). The Greek name means “defending men.”
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No one named Jessica appears in the Bible. Shakespeare probably formed the name from Iscah, Abraham’s niece in Genesis 11:29, for The Merchant of Venice.
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Scripture gives no meaning to a dream of walking in mud. What it gives is Psalm 40 — lifted out of the mire and set on a rock.
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Да. В протестантской традиции святой — это любой верующий, как в посланиях Павла. Протестанты не молятся святым, хотя некоторые церкви ведут их календари.
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No one named Bradley appears in the Bible. It is an English surname from places called Bradley, meaning “broad clearing” in Old English.
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Evelyn is not in the Bible. It is a surname that became a first name — and Scripture has a great deal to say about names we did not choose.
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Jaden is not in the Bible. Jadon is, in Nehemiah 3, repairing his section of the wall of Jerusalem.
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Scripture does not interpret dreams about menstruation, and it does not treat menstruation as shameful.
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Нет. В Библии никогда не упоминается мочеиспускание во сне и не предлагается ключ к образам сновидений; Иосиф говорил, что толкования принадлежат Богу (Бытие 40:8).
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Eloise is not in the Bible, and it does not mean “sun.” It is Germanic for whole — which is what the Hebrew shalom means too.
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Адриенн — это женская форма от мужской, образованной от названия места, а «христианин» — это ярлык, придуманный посторонними в Антиохии. Оба имени получены, а не выбраны.
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Исследуйте духовное значение имени Джейд в христианском контексте. Откройте для себя его культурные корни, библейские связи и сопутствующие добродетели.
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The black bird of Scripture is the raven, and it is not an omen. It fed Elijah twice a day and God feeds it.
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Edward is not in the Bible. It is Old English for a guardian of wealth — and Jesus said the treasure pulls the heart after it.

















