'Named' in the Bible

Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (Hebron was formerly named Kiriath-arba). They struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

From there they marched against the residents of Debir (Debir was formerly named Kiriath-sepher).

Judah went with his brother Simeon, struck the Canaanites who were living in Zephath, and completely destroyed the town. So they named the town Hormah.

They sent spies to Bethel (the town was formerly named Luz).

Then the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a town, and named it Luz. That is its name to this day.

So they named that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the Lord.

Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and named it The Lord is Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

So that very day he named Gideon Jerubbaal, that is, "Let Baal fight," since he had torn down his altar.

His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

His 30 sons rode on 30 donkeys, controlling 30 cities in the territory of Gilead named Havvoth-jair to this day.

There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.

So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the Lord blessed him.

When he finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone and named that place Ramath-lehi.

So God split a hollow place in the ground at Lehi, and water came out of it. After Samson drank, his strength returned, and he revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.

Some time later, he fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley.

There was a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Micah.

And they went up and put up their tents in Kiriath-jearim in Judah: so that place is named Mahaneh-dan to this day. It is to the west of Kiriath-jearim.

They named the city Dan, after the name of their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel. The city was formerly named Laish.