9 Bible Verses about Changed Names

and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made thee;

And God saith unto Abraham, 'Sarai thy wife -- thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah is her name;

And he saith, 'Thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast been a prince with God and with men, and dost prevail.'

and Pharaoh calleth Joseph's name Zaphnath-Paaneah, and he giveth to him Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, for a wife, and Joseph goeth out over the land of Egypt.

and God saith to him, 'Thy name is Jacob: thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel is thy name;' and He calleth his name Israel. And God saith to him, 'I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out;

Round about is eighteen thousand, and the renown of the city is from the day Jehovah is there.'

And he calleth him, on that day, Jerubbaal, saying, 'The Baal doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.'

and sendeth by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and calleth his name Jedidiah, because of Jehovah.

And Saul -- who also is Paul -- having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,