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    Calloway

    KAL-oh-way

    Irish/English
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Pebbly place; Stony ford
    Origin
    Irish/English
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Calloway does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Pebbly place; Stony ford", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Calloway.
    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
    Calloway crosses the stony ford — priests on dry ground, waters parted, God present in every overwhelming river.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Isaiah 43:2

      "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee."

    • Joshua 3:17

      "And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan."

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