Thematic Bible: Were named
Thematic Bible
Children » Were named » From remarkable events
The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."
Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'
and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land". The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword."
Children » Were named » From circumstances connected with their birth
It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau.
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother named him Jabez, saying, "Because I bore him with sorrow."
Children » Were named » Often by God
I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then Yahweh said to me, "Call his name 'Maher Shalal Hash Baz.'
Yahweh said to him, "Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
She conceived again, and bore a daughter. Then he said to him, "Call her name Lo-Ruhamah; for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.
Children » Were named » After relatives
It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.