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    Rosemary

    ROHZ-mair-ee

    Meaning

    Dew of the sea; Rose of Mary

    Latin origin · Girl

    What it points to

    Rosemary distills as God's dew — doctrine dropping, roots deep as Lebanon, lily growing, the tender herb refreshed by heaven's gentle moisture.

    Verses · King James Version

    “I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.”

    Hosea 14:5

    “My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass.”

    Deuteronomy 32:2

    Most used in the 1940s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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