31 Bible Verses about People With Apt Names

And Leah said, "Happy am I! For women have called me happy." So she called his name Asher.

And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni;but his father called him Benjamin.

Then Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son." Therefore she called his name Dan.

And Esau said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!" (Therefore his name was called Edom.)

and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh").

The name of the second he called Ephraim, "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."

The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

And Leah said, "Good fortune has come!" so she called his name Gad.

She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land."

along with her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom (for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land"),

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel!" because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

Leah said, "God has given me my wages because I gave my servant to my husband." So she called his name Issachar.

Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding Esau's heel, so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

And she called his name Joseph, saying, "May the LORD add to me another son!"

And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, "This time I will praise the LORD." Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she ceased bearing.

Again she conceived and bore a son, and said, "Now this time my husband will be attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore his name was called Levi.

Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house."

She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, "Because," she said, "I drew him out of the water."

Let not my lord regard this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.

Then Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed." So she called his name Naphtali.

and called his name Noah, saying, "Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands."

To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan.

But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she said, "What a breach you have made for yourself!" Therefore his name was called Perez.

And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, "Because the LORDhas looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me."

And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, "I have asked for him from the LORD."

And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, "God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."

She conceived again and bore a son, and said, "Because the LORD has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also." And she called his name Simeon.

Then Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons." So she called his name Zebulun.