阿曼达（Amanda）不在圣经中：一个意为“值得爱”的名字

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18 12 月, 2024

更新于

16 9 月, 2026

摘要

阿曼达（Amanda）并未出现在圣经中；它源自拉丁语，意为“值得爱”或“可爱的”。
这个名字在文艺复兴后进入英语世界，并在二十世纪变得流行。
它的含义指向了基督教的一个主张，即爱源于上帝——“上帝就是爱”（约翰一书 4:8）。
在圣经中，价值是恩赐而非成就：我们爱，是因为上帝先爱了我们。

Is Amanda in the Bible? No. The name Amanda does not appear in the Bible. It is not Hebrew, not Aramaic, not Greek. Amanda is Latin — it comes from the verb amare, “to love” — and it did not exist as a given name until centuries after the last books of Scripture were written. But of all the names that are absent from the Bible, Amanda may be the one whose meaning is closest to the Bible’s heart. A…