Thematic Bible: Were named
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Children » Were named » From remarkable events
When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”
Abraham named his son who was born to him—the one Sarah bore to him—Isaac.
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But the Lord asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Can I really have a baby when I’m old?’
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along with her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (because Moses had said, "I have been a stranger in a foreign land") and the other Eliezer (because [he had said,] "The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword").
Children » Were named » From circumstances connected with their birth
With her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.
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The first one came out red-looking, covered with hair like a fur coat, and they named him Esau.
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Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez and said, “I gave birth to him in pain.”
Children » Were named » Often by God
I was then intimate with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz,
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Then the Lord said to him:
Name him Jezreel, for in a little while
I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel
on the house of Jehu
and put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
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I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel
on the house of Jehu
and put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter, and the Lord said to him:
Name her No Compassion,
for I will no longer have compassion
on the house of Israel.
I will certainly take them away.
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for I will no longer have compassion
on the house of Israel.
I will certainly take them away.
Then the Lord said:
Name him Not My People,
for you are not My people,
and I will not be your God.
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for you are not My people,
and I will not be your God.
Children » Were named » After relatives
When they came to circumcise the child on the eighth day, they were going to name him Zechariah, after his father.
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Then they said to her, “None of your relatives has that name.”
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