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    Novalee

    NOH-vah-lee

    Latin/English
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    New field; New meadow
    Origin
    Latin/English
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Novalee does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "New field; New meadow", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Novalee.
    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
    Novalee springs forth as God's new thing — all things made new, rivers in the desert, the fresh field where faithful and true words take root.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Revelation 21:5

      "And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful."

    • Isaiah 43:19

      "Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert."

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