Dashiel
Pronounced DASH-el
boy
Not found in the KJV text — No — the name Dashiel does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "From the ash tree; Heaven", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Dashiel.
- Meaning
- "From the ash tree; Heaven"
- Origin
- French
Dashiel stands by the ash tree — strong and flexible, yielding without breaking. 'A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.' Dashiel bends with grace under pressure.
Spiritual meaning
Dashiel bends but does not break — troubled but not distressed, cast down but not destroyed, the ash tree whose flexibility comes from divine sustaining.
Related verses (KJV)
"A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth."
Isaiah 42:3 (KJV) →"We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed."
2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (KJV) →