Niamh
Pronounced NEEV
- Meaning
- "Bright; Radiant; Beautiful"
- Origin
- Irish/Gaelic
Niamh means 'radiant' — reflecting the brightness of God's glory. Moses' face shone after encountering God, and believers are called to reflect that same glory. 'We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image.'
Spiritual meaning
Niamh is the radiance that comes from encountering God — a face that shines, a life that glows with reflected glory.
Related verses (KJV)
"Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him."
Exodus 34:29 (KJV) →"We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory."
2 Corinthians 3:18 (KJV) →