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    Sullivan

    SUL-ih-vun

    Meaning

    Dark eyes; Hawk-eyed

    Irish/Gaelic origin · Boy

    What it points to

    Sullivan sees with discernment — the LORD's eyes beholding all, nothing hidden, the sharp sight that distinguishes good from evil.

    Verses · King James Version

    “The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.”

    Proverbs 15:3

    “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”

    Hebrews 4:13

    Most used in the 2000s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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