'Name' in the Bible

Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

The exiles did what had been proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family leaders, all identified by name, to represent their ancestral houses. They convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter,

But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

Then answering them I said, The God of heaven, he will be our help; so we his servants will go on with our building: but you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.

so that he is an hireling, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may reproach me.

And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

And the Levites: by name, Jeshua, the son of Azaniah, Binnui, of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,

So I rebuked them, cursed them, struck some of their men, tore out their hair, and made them take this oath in the name of God: "You are not to give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

Keep them in mind, O my God, because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the agreement of the priests and the Levites.

Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;

In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.

Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.

And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.

For it was the man with power who had the land, and the man with an honoured name who was living in it.

The public place of his town has no more knowledge of him, and his name has gone from the memory of men: he is rooted up like a dead tree.

Foolish men, without even a name.They were forced to leave the land.

And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.

But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

{To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.} O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

their troubles multiply, they desire other gods. I will not pour out drink offerings of blood to their gods, nor will I make vows in the name of their gods.

From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.

Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

He revives my life; he leads me in pathways that are righteous for the sake of his name.

Because of Your name, Yahweh,forgive my sin, for it is great.

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

Sing to Yahweh, you His faithful ones,and praise His holy name.

For You are my rock and my fortress;You lead and guide mebecause of Your name.

For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

Their inner thoughts are on their homes forever; their dwellings from generation to generation. They even name their lands after themselves.

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?} Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.

I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.

Let me dwell in Your tent forever;Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

He will abide before God forever;Appoint lovingkindness and truth that they may preserve him.

So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.

Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who takes oaths in his name will boast, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.

Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.

All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.} Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.} In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.

Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.

So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.

All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

“I will mention Rahab (Egypt) and Babylon among those who know Me—Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia (Cush)—‘This one was born there.’”

The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

{A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.} It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,One which frames and devises mischief by decree [under the sacred name of law]?

Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.

Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous ones,and praise His holy name.