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    Yarrow

    YAIR-oh

    English/Botanical
    Unisex
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Healing herb; Protection
    Origin
    English/Botanical
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Yarrow does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Healing herb; Protection", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Yarrow.
    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
    Yarrow is the healing herb — the balm of Gilead, the stripes that heal, the divine physician who restores every wound.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Isaiah 53:5

      "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."

    • Jeremiah 8:22

      "Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there?"

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