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    Alistair

    AL-is-ter

    Meaning

    Defender of mankind

    Scottish/Greek origin · Boy

    What it points to

    Alistair is the defender who rises for the voiceless — seeking justice, relieving the oppressed, championing God's cause.

    Verses · King James Version

    “Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.”

    Psalm 82:3-4

    “Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”

    Isaiah 1:17

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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