名字及其圣经含义223 篇文章

Edward 不在圣经中 — 它的意思是“财富的守护者”



  • 圣经中没有 Edward。它源自古英语—— 读取 (“财富、运气”)和 守卫 (“守卫”)——即珍贵之物的守护者。
  • 它是诺曼征服后极少数幸存下来的盎格鲁-撒克逊名字之一,之所以被保留下来,是因为忏悔者圣爱德华被铭记为一位公正的统治者,他的人民不愿放弃这个名字。
  • 耶稣的教导则截然相反:“不要为自己积攒财宝在地上……因为你的财宝在哪里,你的心也在那里”(马太福音 6:19-21)。
  • 是财宝牵引着心,而不是心牵引着财宝——这使得选择变得至关重要。
  • 圣经中的守护者守护的是生命而非积蓄:“耶和华要保护你,从今时直到永远”(诗篇 121:7-8)。

Edward is not in the Bible. It is Old English — ead, wealth or fortune, joined to weard, guard. A guardian of wealth. A rich protector. It is one of the very few Anglo-Saxon names to survive the Norman Conquest, and the reason it survived is worth knowing. What does the name Edward mean? Ead-weard: the guard of what is valuable. The first element gives us the old word for prosperity and good fortune; the second is the same ward…

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