{"id":9114,"date":"2024-09-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=9114"},"modified":"2026-09-19T18:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T18:41:07","slug":"henry-name-biblical-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/henry-name-biblical-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry \u4e0d\u5728\u5723\u7ecf\u4e2d \u2014 \u5b83\u7684\u610f\u601d\u662f\u201c\u5bb6\u5ead\u7edf\u6cbb\u8005\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Henry is not in the Bible. It is Germanic \u2014 Heimirich, from heim, home, and rih, ruler. A home ruler. Eight kings of England carried it, ending with Henry VIII, and the gap between what the name means and what those men did with it is instructive. What does the name Henry mean? Ruler of the home. The first element is the ordinary word for a household or a homestead; the second is the same rih behind Richard and Eric.\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>Henry is Germanic for &quot;home ruler&quot; \u2014 and Paul puts the household before the pulpit. Henry VIII ruled England and could not rule a home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-9114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-study","series-names-and-their-biblical-meanings"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9106,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/meaning-of-richard-in-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":9114,"position":0},"title":"Richard Is Not in the Bible \u2014 It Means &#8220;Brave Ruler&#8221;","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"24 8 \u6708, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Richard is not in the Bible. 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