{"id":3570,"date":"2024-05-24T19:19:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/what-does-a-dragonfly-symbolize-in-the-bible\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T17:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:59:18","slug":"what-does-a-dragonfly-symbolize-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/what-does-a-dragonfly-symbolize-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0421\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043a\u043e\u0437 \u043d\u0435\u0442 \u0432 \u0411\u0438\u0431\u043b\u0438\u0438 \u2014 \u0438 \u043e\u043d\u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0435\u0441\u0443\u0442 \u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0431\u0438\u0431\u043b\u0435\u0439\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The dragonfly is not in the Bible. It appears nowhere in Scripture, in any translation working from the original languages, and it carries no biblical symbolism whatever. That is the honest answer. But the absence is worth understanding, because Scripture is unusually specific about insects, and its reason for mentioning the ones it does is not what we might guess. Are dragonflies mentioned in the Bible? No. Not once. Any page assigning them a meaning \u2014 transformation, renewal, spiritual maturity\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\/ru\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/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>The dragonfly appears nowhere in Scripture and carries no biblical symbolism. What the Bible offers creation is attention, not allegory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-mysteries"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2519,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/cockroach-symbolism-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":3570,"position":0},"title":"Cockroaches Are Not in the Bible \u2014 Seeing One Means Nothing","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"24 \u043c\u0430\u044f, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Cockroaches appear nowhere in Scripture and seeing one is no omen. 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