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    Oleander

    oh-lee-AN-der

    Greek/Latin
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Olive tree; Evergreen
    Origin
    Greek/Latin
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Oleander does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Olive tree; Evergreen", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Oleander.
    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
    Oleander is the olive tree of faith — grafted in by grace, rooted in mercy, evergreen in the house of God.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Romans 11:17

      "And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree."

    • Psalm 52:8

      "But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever."

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