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    Alastair

    AL-ah-stair

    Meaning

    Defender of the people

    Scottish/Greek origin · Boy

    What it points to

    Alastair opens his mouth for the voiceless — poor delivered, needy rescued, the defender who speaks in the cause of those appointed to destruction.

    Verses · King James Version

    “Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.”

    Proverbs 31:8

    “Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.”

    Psalm 82:4

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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