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    Merrick

    MEHR-ik

    Meaning

    Fame; Power; Ruler of the sea

    Welsh origin · Boy

    What it points to

    Merrick speaks of sovereign power over life's storms — the God who rules the raging sea rules your circumstances too.

    Verses · King James Version

    “Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.”

    Psalm 89:9

    “And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind.”

    Exodus 14:21

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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