{"id":11623,"date":"2024-11-21T02:24:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T02:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=11623"},"modified":"2026-09-21T14:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:09:02","slug":"holly-meaning-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/holly-meaning-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly \u51fa\u73b0\u5728\u5723\u7ecf\u4e2d\u5417\uff1f\u6ca1\u6709\uff0c\u5b83\u7684\u57fa\u7763\u6559\u542b\u4e49\u6e90\u4e8e\u5723\u8bde\u8282"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No one named Holly appears in the Bible, and the holly plant is not mentioned in it either. The name comes from the English word for the holly tree, Old English holen, and it has no Hebrew meaning. Its Christian meaning comes from Christmas custom, above all the carol &quot;The Holly and the Ivy.&quot; Is Holly a biblical name? No. Holly does not occur in the Hebrew or Greek text of the Bible, and English translations do not use the\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\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/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>No one named Holly appears in the Bible, and neither does the plant. The name comes from the holly tree, whose Christian meaning comes from Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-11623","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":18889,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/is-leslie-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":11623,"position":0},"title":"Leslie Is Not in the Bible \u2014 It Means &#8220;Garden of Holly&#8221;","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"19 12 \u6708, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Leslie is not in the Bible. 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