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    Wellington

    WEL-ing-tun

    Meaning

    From the wealthy estate; Temple of the prosperous

    English origin · Boy

    What it points to

    Wellington prospers through meditation on God's word — day and night, observing to do, the soul whose prosperity flows from spiritual obedience.

    Verses · King James Version

    “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”

    Joshua 1:8

    “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”

    3 John 1:2

    Most used in the 1880s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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