9 Bible Verses about Changed Names

You will no longer be called Abram (Exalted Father). Your name will be Abraham (means Father of Many). I have made you a father of many nations.

God continued: Do not call your wife Sarai any longer. Her name will be Sarah.

The man said: Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel (He Struggles With God), because you have struggled with God and with men and you have won.

Pharaoh named Joseph, Zaphenath-paneah. He gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, as his wife. And Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt.

God said to him: Your name is Jacob. You shall no longer be called Jacob. Israel shall be your name. Thus He called him Israel. God also said: I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and an assembly of nations will come from you. Kings shall come forth from you.

The city will measure about thirty-one thousand five hundred feet all the way around. From then on the city's name will be: Jehovah Is There.

From then on Gideon was known as Jerubbaal, because Joash said: Let Baal defend himself for his altar was torn down.

He sent a message through the prophet Nathan to name the baby Jedidiah (Jehovah's Beloved).

Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him,