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    Alastair

    AL-ah-stair

    Scottish/Greek
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Defender of the people
    Origin
    Scottish/Greek
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Alastair does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Defender of the people", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Alastair.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Alastair opens his mouth for the voiceless — poor delivered, needy rescued, the defender who speaks in the cause of those appointed to destruction.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Proverbs 31:8

      "Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction."

    • Psalm 82:4

      "Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked."

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