'Named' in the Bible

The army of the tribe of Joseph scouted out Bethel, which had been formerly named Luz.

So the man traveled to the land of the Hittites and built a city that he named "Luz," and it is called by that name to this day.

which is why they named the place Bochim. And there they sacrificed to the LORD.

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

His mistress in Shechem bore him a son whom he named Abimelech.

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

Later on, the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew strong and the LORD blessed him.

When he finally finished bragging, he discarded the jawbone and named that place "Jawbone Heights."

So God split a hollow place that's in Lehi, and water sprang out of it. After he had taken a drink, his strength returned, and he revived. That's why it was named "En-hakkore," which is in Lehi to this day.

A man named Micah lived in the mountainous region of the territory of Ephraim.