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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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    Odessa

    Pronounced oh-DES-ah

    girl
    Not found in the KJV text — No — the name Odessa does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Long journey; Wrathful; Odyssey", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Odessa.
    Meaning
    "Long journey; Wrathful; Odyssey"
    Origin
    Greek

    Odessa is the long journey — and the faithful endure to the end. 'But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.' Odessa perseveres through every trial because the destination is worth every step.

    Spiritual meaning

    Odessa endures to the end — weights laid aside, race run with patience, surrounded by witnesses, the traveler saved by perseverance.

    Related verses (KJV)

    • "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved."

      Matthew 24:13 (KJV) →

    • "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us."

      Hebrews 12:1 (KJV) →
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