31 Bible Verses about People With Apt Names

And Leah said, Blessed am I, for the daughters will call me blessed; and she called his name Asher.

And it came to pass as her soul was departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni, but his father called him Benjamin.

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

and Esau said to Jacob, Give me to eat, I pray thee, of that red pottage; for I am faint. Therefore was his name called Edom.

and the name of the other was Eliezer, for the God of my father, said he, helped me and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh;

And the name of the second he called Ephraim, For God, said he, has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

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

And Leah said, Good venture has come; and she called his name Gad.

And she gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershon, for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

and her two sons, of which the name of the one was Gershon, for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land,

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel! (Because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.)

And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bore, Ishmael.

And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband; and she called his name Issachar.

And afterwards his brother came out with Esau's heel grasped in his hand; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

And he sent by the hand of Nathan, the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, , by the LORD.

and she called his name Joseph, saying, Let the LORD add unto me another son.

And she conceived again and gave birth a son; and she said, Now I will praise the LORD; therefore she called his name Judah and stopped bearing children.

And she conceived again and gave birth to a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me because I have born him three sons; therefore his name was called Levi.

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

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

And when the child grew, she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, for she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Let not my lord, I pray thee, take to heart this man of Belial, even Nabal, for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, thy handmaid, did not see the servants of my lord whom thou didst send.

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.

and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.

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

And it came to pass as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out; and she said, Why hast thou brought this breach upon thee? Therefore his name was called Pharez.

And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely the LORD has looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

Therefore, it came to pass when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, she bore a son and called his name Samuel, , saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth; for God, said she, has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

And she conceived again and gave birth to a son; and said, Because the LORD has heard that I was hated, he has therefore given me this son also; and she called his name Simeon.

And Leah said, God has endued me with a good dowry; now my husband will dwell with me because I have born him six sons; and she called his name Zebulun.