27 Bible Verses about People Naming Things

And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every animal of the field and every fowl of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. And Adam gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field. But there was not found a suitable helper for Adam.

That which has been is named already, and it is known that he is man. And he is not able to contend with Him who is mightier than he.

Their inward thought is that their houses shall go on forever, and their dwelling-places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

And when the sons of Israel saw, they said each one to his brother, What is that? For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which Jehovah has given you to eat.

And the house of Israel called the name of it Manna. And it was like coriander seed, white. And the taste of it was like wafers with honey.

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

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns of it, and called them Towns of Jair.

Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites. And he called them after his own name, Bashan (Towns of Jair) to this day.

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

And therefore gather the rest of the people together, and camp against the city and take it, lest I take the city and it be called after my name.

And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. And he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

This is why he called that place Beer-sheba, because they swore, both of them, there.

And he called the name of that place The House of God. But the name of that city was Luz at first.

And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.

And he erected there an altar, and called it El, the God of Israel.

Then Gideon built an altar there to Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom. It is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites to this day.

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, because it was bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah.

(the Hermon which the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir).

And the border of the sons of Dan came out too little for them. And the sons of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived in it. And they called Leshem Dan, after the name of their father Dan.

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

Therefore that field was called, The Field of Blood, to this day.

And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple. And he set up the right pillar and called its name, Jachin. And he set up the left pillar, and called its name, Boaz.

And Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the King's Valley. For he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance. And he called the pillar after his own name. And it is called until this day, Absalom's monument.

And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Contention, because they strove with him.

And he moved from there, and dug another well, and they did not strive for that. And he called the name of it Broad Places. And he said, For now Jehovah has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

And they dug another well, and they strove for that also. And he called the name of it Opposition.

And he called it Shebah. Therefore the name of the city is The Well of Sheba to this day.