5044 names, giving of

Scripture contains many examples of the naming of people and places. Personal names, usually given at birth by parents, were sometimes changed at a later date.

Names may reflect personal experiences

Ge 41:51-52 See also Ge 29:31-35; Ge 30:6-8,18-20,23-24; Ge 35:18; Ex 2:10,21-22; Ex 18:3-4; 1Sa 1:20; 1Ch 4:9

Names may reflect national experiences

1Sa 4:21 See also Ge 10:25 pp 1Ch 1:19; Isa 8:3-4; Hos 1:2-11

Names may indicate future destiny

Mt 1:21 See also Lk 1:31-33

The giving of a name reflects the authority of the giver

Ge 1:5-10; Ge 2:19-20 See also Ge 2:23; Ge 35:18; 2Ki 23:34 pp 2Ch 36:4; 2Ki 24:17; Lk 1:62-63

The changing of names

On divine instruction Ge 17:3-8 See also Ge 17:15-16; Ge 35:9-10; Jn 1:42

In relation to salvation Isa 62:2 See also Isa 65:15; Rev 2:17

In the light of past experience Jdg 6:32 See also Ru 1:20

In the future Zec 8:3 See also Isa 1:26; Isa 44:5; Isa 58:12; Isa 62:4,12; Jer 7:32; Jer 20:3-6; Mal 1:4

In a new culture Ge 41:45 See also Da 1:7

The instance of Paul Ac 13:9 The occasion of and reason for the change from “Saul” to “Paul” are not clear.

Place-names may reflect events or experiences

Ge 11:8-9; Ge 16:13-14; Ge 19:21-22; Ge 21:31; Ge 26:32-33; Ge 28:18-19; Ge 31:45-50; Ge 32:1-2,30; Ge 33:17; Ge 35:7-8

See also