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ὄνομαStrong’s G3686

onoma

Appears in 213 verses of the New Testament

In short

Onoma is the Greek word usually translated “name”, “named” and “names”. It appears in 213 verses of the New Testament.

“That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
2 Thessalonians 1:12 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “name”, “named” and “names”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • name 179
  • named 29
  • names 11
  • a name 5
  • by name 1
  • of names 1
  • the name 1
  • characterization 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 58
  • Luke 32
  • Revelation 31
  • John 24
  • Matthew 19
  • Mark 15

19 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 213 verses, by book
1 Corinthians 6
1:21:101:131:155:46:11
Ephesians 2
1:215:20
Philippians 3
2:92:104:3
Colossians 1
3:17
2 Thessalonians 2
1:123:6
1 Timothy 1
6:1
2 Timothy 1
2:19
1 Peter 2
4:144:16
1 John 3
2:123:235:13
3 John 1
1:7
Greek dictionary

ὄνομα onoma · name

ὄνομα, -τος, τό, [in LXX chiefly for שֵׁם ;] 1. in general, the name by which a person or thing is called: Mat.10:2, Mrk.3:16, Luk.1:63, Jhn.18:10, al.; ἄνθρωπος (etc.), ᾧ (οὗ) ὄ. (τ. ὄ), sc. ἦν or ἐστίν (BL, §30, 3), Mrk.14:32, Luk.1:26, 27; with same ellipsis, καὶ τ. ὄ. αὐτοῦ, Luk.1:5, Jhn.1:6, al.; ὀνόματι, before nom. prop., Mat.27:32, Mrk.5:22, Luk.1:5, Act.5:1, al.; accusative absol. (Bl., §34, 7), τοὔνομα (= τ. ὄνομα), Mat.27:57; ὄ. μοι (sc. ἐστίν; cf. Hom., Od., ix, 366), Mrk.5:9 (cf. Luk.8:30); ἔξειν ὄ., Rev.9:11; καλεῖν (ἐπιτιθέναι) ὄ. (Bl., §33, 1), Mat.1:21, Mrk.3:16; τ. ὄ. ἐν (τ …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “name” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

NAME, noun

  1. That by which a thing is called; the sound or combination of sounds used to express an idea, or any material substance, quality or act; an appellation attached to a thing by customary use, by which it may be vocally distinguished from other things.
  2. The letters or characters written or engraved, expressing the sounds by which a person or thing is known and distinguished.
  3. A person.
  4. Reputation; character; that which is commonly said of a person; as a good name; a bad name
All definitions and other forms of “name”
  1. Renown; fame; honor; celebrity; eminence; praise; distinction.
  2. Remembrance; memory.“The Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven” Deuteronomy 29:20
  3. Appearance only; sound only; not reality; as a friend in name Revelation 3:1
  4. Authority; behalf; part; as in the name of the people.
  5. Assumed character of another.
  6. In Scripture, the name of God signifies his titles, his attributes, his will or purpose,, his honor and glory, his word, his grace, his wisdom, power and goodness, his worship or service, or God himself.
  7. Issue; posterity that preserves the name Deuteronomy 25:6
  8. In grammar, a noun.

NAME, verb transitive

to call, to name to invoke.

  1. To set or give to any person or thing a sound or combination of sounds by which it may be known and distinguished; to call; to give an appellation to.“She named the child Ichabod” 1 Samuel 4:21
  2. To mention by name; to utter or pronounce the sound or sounds by which a person or thing is known and distinguished.
  3. To nominate; to designate for any purpose by name
  4. To entitle.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.