Thematic Bible: Were called after
Thematic Bible
Cities » Were called after » The family of the founder
And Cain lay with his wife, which conceived and bare Enoch. And he was building a city and called the name of it after the name of his son, Enoch.
And called it Dan, after the name of Dan their father which was born unto Israel. Howbeit in very deed the name of the city was Laish at the beginning.
Cities » Were called after » The country in which built
So after twelve months, the king walked up and down in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon, and said, "This is the great city of Babylon, which I myself, with my power and strength, have made a king's court, for the honour of my majesty."
Cities » Were called after » The proprietor of the land
And he bought the hill of Samaria of one Shemer for two hundred talents of silver, and built in the hill, and called the name of the city which he had built Samaria after the name of Shemer, the lord of the hill.