A name from Scripture
Daphne
DAF-nee
Meaning
Laurel tree; Bay tree; Victory
Greek origin · Girl
What it points to
Daphne wears the incorruptible crown — temperate, striving for mastery, righteousness laid up, the laurel that never withers in the hands of the righteous Judge.
Verses · King James Version
“And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.”
1 Corinthians 9:25
“Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day.”
2 Timothy 4:8