27 Bible Verses about People Naming Things

And from the earth the Lord God made every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and took them to the man to see what names he would give them: and whatever name he gave to any living thing, that was its name. And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help.

That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.

The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.

And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which the Lord has given you for your food.

And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like cakes made with honey.

And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.

And Jair, the son of Manasseh, went and took the towns of Gilead, naming them Havvoth-Jair.

Jair, the son of Manasseh, took all the land of Argob, as far as the country of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, naming it, Bashan, Havvoth-Jair after himself, as it is to this day.)

And Nobah went and took Kenath and its small towns, naming it Nobah, after himself.

So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.

And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.

So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.

And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.

And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.

And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.

Then Gideon made an altar there to the Lord, and gave it the name Yahweh-shalom; to this day it is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

And when they came to Marah, the water was no good for drinking, for the waters of Marah were bitter, which is why it was named Marah.

(By the Sidonians, Hermon is named Sirion, and by the Amorites Shenir;)

(But the limit of the children of Dan was not wide enough for them; so the children of Dan went up and made war on Leshem and took it, putting it to the sword without mercy, and they took it for their heritage and made a place for themselves there, giving it the name of Leshem-dan, after the name of their father, Dan.)

So David took the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.

For this cause that field was named, The field of blood, to this day.

He put up the pillars at the doorway of the Temple, naming the one on the right Jachin, and that on the left Boaz.

Now Absalom, before his death, had put up for himself a pillar in the king's valley, naming it after himself; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory: and to this day it is named Absalom's pillar.

But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.

Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.

Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah.

And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.