31 Bible Verses about People With Apt Names

And Leah said, Happy 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 called she his name Dan.

And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray you, with that same 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, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

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

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

And Leah said, A troop comes: and she called his name Gad.

And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

And her two sons; of whom 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 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 reward, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was three score years old when she bore them.

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

And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.

And she conceived again, and bore a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and ceased bearing.

And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name 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 the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Let not my lord, I pray you, regard 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 your handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom you did send.

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I 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 was the earth 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, How have you broken forth? this breach be upon you: therefore his name was called Perez.

And Leah conceived, and bore 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, that 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 child instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

And she conceived again, and bore 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 will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.