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    Odessa

    oh-DES-ah

    Greek
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Long journey; Wrathful; Odyssey
    Origin
    Greek
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Odessa does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Long journey; Wrathful; Odyssey", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Odessa.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    1900s (0.038% of births), currently steady
    Spiritual meaning
    Odessa endures to the end — weights laid aside, race run with patience, surrounded by witnesses, the traveler saved by perseverance.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Matthew 24:13

      "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved."

    • Hebrews 12:1

      "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us."

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