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    Galway

    Pronounced GAWL-way

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    Not found in the KJV text — No — the name Galway does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Stony river; Foreign Gaul", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Galway.
    Meaning
    "Stony river; Foreign Gaul"
    Origin
    Irish

    Galway is the stony river — and water flowing from rock is God's miracle. 'He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.' Galway is provision from impossible places.

    Spiritual meaning

    Galway flows from stone — rocks cleft in wilderness, water from the depths, provision struck from impossible places by God's hand.

    Related verses (KJV)

    • "He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths."

      Psalm 78:15 (KJV) →

    • "Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it."

      Exodus 17:6 (KJV) →
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