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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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    Rosemary

    Pronounced ROHZ-mair-ee

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    Not found in the KJV text — No — the name Rosemary does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Dew of the sea; Rose of Mary", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Rosemary.
    Meaning
    "Dew of the sea; Rose of Mary"
    Origin
    Latin

    Rosemary is the dew of the sea — and God sends dew to refresh His people. 'I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.' Rosemary refreshes like heaven's dew.

    Spiritual meaning

    Rosemary distills as God's dew — doctrine dropping, roots deep as Lebanon, lily growing, the tender herb refreshed by heaven's gentle moisture.

    Related verses (KJV)

    • "I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon."

      Hosea 14:5 (KJV) →

    • "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass."

      Deuteronomy 32:2 (KJV) →
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