Greta
Pronounced GREH-tuh
girl
Not found in the KJV text — No — the name Greta does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Pearl", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Greta.
- Meaning
- "Pearl"
- Origin
- German/Greek
Greta is the pearl — formed through irritation transformed into beauty. The kingdom of heaven is the pearl of great price. Greta is the beautiful thing God forms through pressure, the treasure worth everything.
Spiritual meaning
Greta is the pearl of great price — beauty formed from pressure, gates of heaven made from single pearls, the kingdom worth everything.
Related verses (KJV)
"Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it."
Matthew 13:46 (KJV) →"And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl."
Revelation 21:21 (KJV) →