883 occurrences in 13 translations

'Name' in the Bible

And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Verse ConceptsPerfection, DivineDry LandCreation Of The SeasGod Seeing All The EarthCreation Of The EarthGod Naming ThingsPerfection Of CreationThe OceanThe Seagathering

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Verse ConceptsThings Surrounding

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

Verse ConceptsAfricaThings Surrounding

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsAssyria, Facts OfRiver TigrisRivers

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

Verse ConceptsAdam, Creation OfAirAnimal LifeBirds, Features OfStars Created By God

And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyCityBuildingPregnancyCitiesCivilizationBuildersMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenPeople Naming ThingsSame Sex MarriageBuilding Relationships

And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Verse ConceptsPolygamyTwo WomenSecond MarriageRelationships And DatingPatience In Relationships

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

Verse ConceptsAdam, After The FallAbelAbel and CainMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenExchange Of IndividualsKilling Named IndividualsPeople With Apt NamesAdam and evepremarital

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainCalling upon GodGod, The LordGod, Titles And Names OfActivity Begun

The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men, and they have borne to them -- they are the heroes, who, from of old, are the men of name.

Verse ConceptsGiantsAntediluviansBefore The FloodWarriorsMarital SexAngels As Sons Of GodMarital Sex BetweenAngels Interacting With PeoplePeople Have HonourInterracial MarriageSame Sex Marriageheroes

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.

Verse ConceptsContinentsTwo SonsPeople With Apt Names

Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfScattering The PeoplesLanguages SeparatedLanguage

And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

Verse ConceptsNamed WivesFathers And Daughters

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsAi, The CityCalling upon GodNomadsShrinesTentsAbraham, The Friend Of GodAbraham, Calling And LifePrayer, Described AsAltars To The LordBuilding AltarsEast And West

Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodAbraham, The Friend Of GodBuilding Altars

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

Verse ConceptsBirths ForetoldGod Naming PeopleGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Pays Attention

And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

Verse ConceptsVeilsNames Of GodGod, All knowingGod Seeing All The EarthThose Who Saw GodVisibilityOther References To God's Name

And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

Verse ConceptsGod Pays AttentionPeople With Apt Names

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Calling And LifeTypes Of ChristChanged NamesGod Renaming People

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Testing And VictoryAbraham, Calling And LifeChanged NamesGod Renaming Peoplesarah

And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamBearingThe Eternal CovenantGod Naming PeopleGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsThe Promise Of A Babysarah

After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using his name.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsGentiles, In OtConsistencyBlessings, To AbrahamMission, Of IsraelParticipation, In ChristBlessing Through God's People

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Verse ConceptsHasteImpotence Of GodSmall ThingsHurrying Others On

And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

Verse ConceptsFirstborn DaughtersRelationships To This DayFathers And Daughters

And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

Verse ConceptsRelationships To This DayFathers And Daughters

And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

Verse ConceptsPeople Naming Peoplesarah

But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamProphecies Concerning ChristPay Attention To People!sarah

Now swear to me right here in God's name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you."

Verse ConceptsKindnessNegotiationPolitical Alliances, By OathsSojourningFalse WaysPeople Bound By OathsSwearing

So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.

Verse ConceptsSealing A CovenantWellsPeople Naming Things

and said, "'I solemnly swear by my own name,' decrees the Lord, 'that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Verse ConceptsAbrahamChild sacrificeOaths, DivineThe Only ChildOnly Child Of PeopleGod HimselfNot SparingSwearingmyself

And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Running

And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstOuter GarmentsHairy PeopleRed BodiesTwin BrothersColorHair

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 threescore years old when she bare them.

Verse ConceptsHeelsGraspingPeople With Apt NamesTwin Brothers

And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

Verse ConceptsYielding To TemptationRequesting FoodRed BodiesPeople With Apt Names

I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingConsistencyevangelists, identity ofBlessings, To AbrahamMission, Of IsraelBlessing Through God's People

And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

Verse ConceptsServants, BadDishonesty, Examples OfPeople Possessing Other ThingsPeople Naming ThingsStock Keeping

And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

Verse ConceptsExcavationPeople OpposedPeople Naming Things

And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialExcavationPotential Of FruitSpacious PlacePeople Naming ThingsFreedomMoving To A New Placespacefruitfulnessland

And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

Verse ConceptsAltarsCalling upon GodNomadsTentsAltars, Built ByBuilding AltarsExcavation

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

Verse ConceptsSwearing OathsGiven Names To This DayPeople Naming Things

Then he said, "Isn't his name rightly called Jacob?" Esau asked. "He has circumvented me this second time. First, he took away my birthright, and now, look how he also stole my blessing." Then he added, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"

Verse ConceptsJacob, Life And Character OfDoing Things TwicePeople Naming PeopleGraspingPeople BlessingStoring Other Things

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using your name and that of your descendants.

Verse ConceptsConsistencyeastNorthOffspringSpreadingSouthNorth, South, East And WestNumerous As DustBlessing Through God's PeopleBlessings For Jew And Gentile

And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodPeople Naming Things

And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Verse ConceptsTwo WomenFather And Daughter Relationships

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

Verse ConceptsPregnancyGod Seeing Their AfflictionGod Sending His SonI Am SufferingMen And Women Who LovedPeople With Apt Names

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

Verse ConceptsGod Paid Attention To MeHating IndividualsPeople With Apt Names

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

Verse ConceptsThree ChildrenPeople With Apt Names

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

Verse ConceptsCessationShowing Forth His PraisePeople With Apt Nameschildbearing

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

Verse ConceptsGod VindicatesGod Paid Attention To MePeople With Apt Namesvindication

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

Verse ConceptsPeople OvercomingWrestlingPeople With Apt Names

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

Verse ConceptsPeople With Apt Names

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

Verse ConceptsHappinessExcitementPeople With Apt NamesRejoicing In God's Works

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

Verse ConceptsGiving In MarriagePeople With Apt NamesReward For Works

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

Verse ConceptsGiftsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodPeople With Apt Names

And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

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

Verse ConceptsAdding PeoplePeople With Apt Names

Then Laban said, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”

And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

Verse ConceptsThings As Witnesses

And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

Verse ConceptsTrinity

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

Verse ConceptsTypes Of ChristChanged NamesGod Naming PeopleGod Renaming PeopleHuman Nature, OvercomingStruggles

And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

Verse ConceptsWhy Do You Do This?What Is God's Name?Blessed By God

And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyBooths

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.

Verse ConceptsTrouble, Causes OfNosesSmellsFew PeopleTroubling IndividualsNations Attacking IsraelFamily Problems

But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfNursesTreesOaksMourning Death

And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

Verse ConceptsGod Renaming People

So God called his name Israel and also told him, "I am God Almighty. You are to be fruitful and multiply. You will become a nation in fact, an assembly of nations! Kings will come from you they'll emerge from your own loins!

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalBlessings, To AbrahamBodyGod, Power OfProcreationI Am Godfruitfulness

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

Verse ConceptsBethel The House Of GodPeople Naming Things

And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

Verse ConceptsRulers Of Edom

And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

Verse ConceptsdefeatForeign KingsRulers Of Edom

And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

Verse ConceptsForeign KingsNamed WivesRulers Of Edom

And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

Verse ConceptsPeople VisitingAt The Same Time

And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningMarital SexMarital Sex Between

And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.

And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening The WombPeople With Apt Names

And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

Verse ConceptsCordsRed Cords

And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningChanged NamesPeople Renaming PeopleAuthority Delegated To People

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

Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsForgetting ThingsGod Healing SorrowPeople With Apt NamesFamily ProblemsFamily First

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
καλέω 
Kaleo 
call , bid , be so named , named ,
Usage: 106

נקב 
Naqab 
Usage: 22

קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

שׂוּם 
 
Usage: 26

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

שׁם 
Shum (Aramaic) 
Usage: 12

ὄνομα 
Onoma 
name , named , called , surname , named , not tr
Usage: 162

ὀνομάζω 
Onomazo 
Usage: 10

τοὔνομα 
Tounoma 
Usage: 1

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