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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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    Wilder

    Pronounced WILE-der

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    Not found in the KJV text — No — the name Wilder does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Wild; Untamed; Of the wilderness", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Wilder.
    Meaning
    "Wild; Untamed; Of the wilderness"
    Origin
    English/Germanic

    Wilder evokes the wilderness — the place where God meets His people most intimately. Moses met God in the wilderness, Israel was tested there, Jesus was led there by the Spirit, and John the Baptist proclaimed from it.

    Spiritual meaning

    Wilder is the wilderness encounter — where God allures the soul, speaks comfortably, and transforms wasteland into intimacy.

    Related verses (KJV)

    • "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her."

      Hosea 2:14 (KJV) →

    • "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight."

      Matthew 3:3 (KJV) →
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