Cassian
KASH-un
Latin
Boy
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Hollow; Empty vessel
- Origin
- Latin
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Cassian does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Hollow; Empty vessel", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Cassian.
- 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
- Cassian teaches that God's power fills empty vessels — weakness surrendered becomes strength multiplied.
- Verses on this meaning
- 2 Corinthians 12:10
"Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong."
- 2 Corinthians 4:7
"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."
- 2 Corinthians 12:10