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    Yuri

    YOO-ree

    Russian/Greek
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Farmer; Earthworker; Light of God
    Origin
    Russian/Greek
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Yuri does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Farmer; Earthworker; Light of God", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Yuri.
    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
    Yuri waits for the precious fruit — patient husbandman, first partaker, long patience rewarded, the earthworker whose harvest comes in God's appointed season.
    Verses on this meaning
    • 2 Timothy 2:6

      "The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits."

    • James 5:7

      "Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it."

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