Words the Bible translates as name
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- onomaὄνομαa name: the word by which a person, place, or thing is identified, which in the New Testament regularly stands for the person's whole self, their authority, and their publicly known standing.
- shemשֵׁםa name: the word a person, place, or thing is called by, which in the Bible stands for who that person really is and how they endure in the world.
- qaraקָרָאto raise the voice toward someone: to call, summon, invoke, name, proclaim, or read aloud
- kaleōκαλέωto give someone or something a name, or to address them by a name or title
+2 more meanings
- to summon someone to come, or to invite them as a guest
- God's call: the act by which God summons a person into salvation, into belonging to him, and into a way of life
- epikaleōἐπικαλέωto call upon: to address someone directly, above all to invoke God or the Lord by name in prayer and worship
+2 more meanings
- to name or nickname: to give someone an added name, or (in the passive) to be known by that name
- to appeal: to formally invoke the judgment of a higher authority, above all a Roman citizen's appeal to Caesar
- eponomazōἐπονομάζωto namenot studied yet
- onomazōὀνομάζωto put a name on someone or something, or to say that name out loud
- zekherזֵכֶרremembrance: the memory, name, and renown that keep a person or thing present after they are gone
- shumשֻׁםa name: what a person or a god is called, which in these Aramaic chapters regularly stands in for the one who bears it rather than working as a bare label.
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