27 Bible Verses about People Naming Things

Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him.

Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.

Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names.

When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

Now the house of Israel called its name manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and called them Havvoth-jair.

Jair the Manassite took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called the villages after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)

And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

Now then gather the rest of the people together and encamp against the city and take it, lest I take the city and it be called by my name."

And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham. And he gave them the names that his father had given them.

Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.

He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD and called it, The LORD Is Peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.

When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.

(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, while the Amorites call it Senir),

When the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, the people of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and striking it with the sword they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.

And David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built the city all around from the Millo inward.

Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

He set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple. He set up the pillar on the south and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the north and called its name Boaz.

Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the pillar that is in the King's Valley, for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance." He called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's monument to this day.

the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, saying, "For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land."

Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also, so he called its name Sitnah.

He called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.