A name from Scripture
Viola
vy-OH-lah
Meaning
Violet; Purple flower
Latin/Italian origin · Girl
What it points to
Viola blooms knowing the Word endures — flesh as grass, glory fading, yet the word of the Lord standing forever, the violet who lives by eternal truth.
Verses · King James Version
“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”
Isaiah 40:8
“For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever.”
1 Peter 1:24-25