'Name' in the Bible

The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush.

The name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.

Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son.

Lamech took to himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.

His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.

To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the Lord.

Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the Lord has cursed.”

Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

They said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.

Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

And I will make you a great nation,And I will bless you,And make your name great;And so you shall be a blessing;

Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.

to the place of the altar which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

The angel of the Lord said to her further,“Behold, you are with child,And you will bear a son;And you shall call his name Ishmael,Because the Lord has given heed to your affliction.

Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees”; for she said, “Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?”

So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

“No longer shall your name be called Abram,But your name shall be Abraham;For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

But God said, “No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.

The firstborn bore a son, and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

As for the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; he is the father of the sons of Ammon to this day.

Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.

Abraham called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide, as it is said to this day, “In the mount of the Lord it will be provided.”

His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.

Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran outside to the man at the spring.

Now Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.

Afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a swallow of that red stuff there, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.

So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

So he called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

He called the name of that place Bethel; however, previously the name of the city had been Luz.

Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

He continued, “Name me your wages, and I will give it.”

So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.”

He said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed.”

Then Jacob asked him and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And he blessed him there.

God said to him,“Your name is Jacob;You shall no longer be called Jacob,But Israel shall be your name.”Thus He called him Israel.

Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.

Then Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar became king in his place; and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.

And it came about at that time, that Judah departed from his brothers and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her and went in to her.

Now Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

The angel who has redeemed me from all evil,Bless the lads;And may my name live on in them,And the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;And may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”