{"id":19136,"date":"2025-02-11T01:05:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T01:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=19136"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:11:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:11:26","slug":"eloise-biblical-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/eloise-biblical-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Eloise Is Not in the Bible \u2014 and It Does Not Mean &#8220;Sun&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Eloise is not in the Bible. It is Germanic rather than Hebrew, and it does not mean &quot;sun&quot; \u2014 which is the most common thing said about this name, and it is not true. Eloise comes from Helewidis: heil, healthy or whole, joined to wit, wide. Whole, and widely so. And that, dear friends, is a better inheritance than the borrowed Greek one would have been \u2014 because wholeness is a word Scripture will not stop using. What does 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\" 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>Eloise is not in the Bible, and it does not mean &quot;sun.&quot; It is Germanic for whole \u2014 which is what the Hebrew shalom means too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-19136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-names-and-their-biblical-meanings"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11630,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/elaine-name-bible-meaning\/","url_meta":{"origin":19136,"position":0},"title":"Elaine Is Not in the Bible \u2014 It Probably Means &#8220;Torch&#8221;","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"20 10 \u6708, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Elaine is the Arthurian Helen \u2014 probably \"torch\", possibly \"moon\". 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