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    Otis

    Pronounced OH-tis

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    Not found in the KJV text — No — the name Otis does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Wealth; Son of Otto; Keen of hearing", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Otis.
    Meaning
    "Wealth; Son of Otto; Keen of hearing"
    Origin
    Germanic/Greek

    Otis has keen hearing — and blessed are those who hear God's word and keep it. 'Blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.' Otis listens carefully because obedience follows hearing.

    Spiritual meaning

    Otis hears and keeps the word — reading, hearing, obeying, the blessed one whose keen ear catches every word God speaks and follows it.

    Related verses (KJV)

    • "But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."

      Luke 11:28 (KJV) →

    • "Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein."

      Revelation 1:3 (KJV) →
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