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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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    Nella

    Pronounced NEL-uh

    girl
    Not found in the KJV text — No — the name Nella does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Shining light; Bright one", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Nella.
    Meaning
    "Shining light; Bright one"
    Origin
    Italian/Greek

    Nella is the shining light — the brightness that cannot be hidden. 'Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.' Nella shines for all to see.

    Spiritual meaning

    Nella shines as light in the world — a candle on a candlestick, blameless among the crooked, the bright one who cannot be hidden.

    Related verses (KJV)

    • "Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house."

      Matthew 5:15 (KJV) →

    • "That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world."

      Philippians 2:15 (KJV) →
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