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    Duncan

    DUN-kun

    Meaning

    Dark warrior; Brown chief

    Scottish/Gaelic origin · Boy

    What it points to

    Duncan shepherds without fear — feeding the flock, none dismayed, none lacking, the warrior chief whose leadership mirrors the Good Shepherd.

    Verses · King James Version

    “And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.”

    Jeremiah 23:4

    “This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.”

    1 Timothy 3:1

    Most used in the 1990s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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