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    Enter a name to see what it means in Scripture, the language it comes from, and the King James Version verses where it appears. 1,332 names searchable, free and without signup.

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    Kiernan

    Pronounced KEER-nan

    boy
    Not found in the KJV text — No — the name Kiernan does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Little dark one; Son of the lord", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Kiernan.
    Meaning
    "Little dark one; Son of the lord"
    Origin
    Irish/Gaelic

    Kiernan is the son of the lord — and we are children of the Most High God. 'Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be.' Kiernan walks in the identity of a child of God.

    Spiritual meaning

    Kiernan is a son of God — the Spirit bearing witness, identity secured, the child who shall be like Him when He appears.

    Related verses (KJV)

    • "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is."

      1 John 3:2 (KJV) →

    • "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God."

      Romans 8:16 (KJV) →
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