Genesis 17:5
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5 What’s more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham,[a] for you will be the father of many nations.
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- 17:5 Abram means “exalted father”; Abraham sounds like a Hebrew term that means “father of many.”
Matthew 1:21-23
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21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus,[a] for he will save his people from their sins.”
22 All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet:
23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child!
She will give birth to a son,
and they will call him Immanuel,[b]
which means ‘God is with us.’”
Nehemiah 9:7
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7 “You are the Lord God, who chose Abram and brought him from Ur of the Chaldeans and renamed him Abraham.
Genesis 17:15
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Sarai Is Named Sarah
15 Then God said to Abraham, “Regarding Sarai, your wife—her name will no longer be Sarai. From now on her name will be Sarah.[a]
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- 17:15 Sarai and Sarah both mean “princess”; the change in spelling may reflect the difference in dialect between Ur and Canaan.
Genesis 32:28
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28 “Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him. “From now on you will be called Israel,[a] because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”
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- 32:28 Jacob sounds like the Hebrew words for “heel” and “deceiver.” Israel means “God fights.”
Revelation 2:17
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17 “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. To everyone who is victorious I will give some of the manna that has been hidden away in heaven. And I will give to each one a white stone, and on the stone will be engraved a new name that no one understands except the one who receives it.
Romans 4:17
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17 That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, “I have made you the father of many nations.”[a] This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing.
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Jeremiah 20:3
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3 The next day, when Pashhur finally released him, Jeremiah said, “Pashhur, the Lord has changed your name. From now on you are to be called ‘The Man Who Lives in Terror.’[a]
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Isaiah 62:2-4
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2 The nations will see your righteousness.
World leaders will be blinded by your glory.
And you will be given a new name
by the Lord’s own mouth.
3 The Lord will hold you in his hand for all to see—
a splendid crown in the hand of God.
4 Never again will you be called “The Forsaken City”[a]
or “The Desolate Land.”[b]
Your new name will be “The City of God’s Delight”[c]
and “The Bride of God,”[d]
for the Lord delights in you
and will claim you as his bride.
John 1:42
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42 Then Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. Looking intently at Simon, Jesus said, “Your name is Simon, son of John—but you will be called Cephas” (which means “Peter”[a]).
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- 1:42 The names Cephas (from Aramaic) and Peter (from Greek) both mean “rock.”
Jeremiah 23:6
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6 And this will be his name:
‘The Lord Is Our Righteousness.’[a]
In that day Judah will be saved,
and Israel will live in safety.
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- 23:6 Hebrew Yahweh Tsidqenu.
Isaiah 65:15
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15 Your name will be a curse word among my people,
for the Sovereign Lord will destroy you
and will call his true servants by another name.
2 Samuel 12:25
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25 and sent word through Nathan the prophet that they should name him Jedidiah (which means “beloved of the Lord”), as the Lord had commanded.[a]
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- 12:25 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads because of the Lord.
Numbers 13:16
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16 These are the names of the men Moses sent out to explore the land. (Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name Joshua.)
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