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    Kallista

    kah-LIS-tah

    Greek
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Most beautiful; Fairest
    Origin
    Greek
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Kallista does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Most beautiful; Fairest", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Kallista.
    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
    Kallista worships in holiness — beauty divine, glory given, offering brought, the fairest who is beautified by the very act of bowing before God.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Psalm 96:9

      "O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth."

    • 1 Chronicles 16:29

      "Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness."

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