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ὄνομα

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greekNew TestamentNoun · neuter230 occurrences19 books214 verses

Definition

ὄνομα, -τος, τό,

[in LXX chiefly for שֵׁם ;]

1. in general, the name by which a person or thing is called: Matthew 10:2, Mark 3:16, Luke 1:63, John 18:10, al.; ἄνθρωπος (etc.), ᾧ (οὗ) ὄ. (τ. ὄ), sc. ἦν or ἐστίν (BL, §30, 3), Mark 14:32, Luke 1:26, 27; with same ellipsis, καὶ τ. ὄ. αὐτοῦ, Luke 1:5, John 1:6, al.; ὀνόματι, before nom. prop., Matthew 27:32, Mark 5:22, Luke 1:5, Acts 5:1, al.; accusative absol. (Bl., §34, 7), τοὔνομα (= τ. ὄνομα), Matthew 27:57; ὄ. μοι (sc. ἐστίν; cf. Hom., Od., ix, 366), Mark 5:9 (cf. Luke 8:30); ἔξειν ὄ., Revelation 9:11; καλεῖν (ἐπιτιθέναι) ὄ. (Bl., §33, 1), Matthew 1:21, Mark 3:16; τ. ὄ. ἐν (τ.) βίβλῳ ζωῆς (cf. Deiss., LAE, 121), Philippians 4:3, Revelation 13:8, cf. Luke 10:20 (ἐν τ. οὐρανοῖς); ὄ. βλασφημίας, Revelation 13:1; the name as opposite to the reality, Revelation 3:1 (cf. Hdt., vii, 138); as a title: Ephesians 1:21, Philippians 2:9, 10 (Lft., in l.).

2. By a usage similar to that with ref. to Heb. שֵׁם (Lft., Notes, 106f.), but also common in Hellenistic (M, Pr., 100; Bl., §39, 4; Deiss, BS, 146f., 196f.; LAE, 123:4, of all that the name implies, of rank, authority, character, etc.: of acting on one's authority or in his behalf, ἐν (εἰς) ὄ., with genitive of person(s) (see reff. supr.), Matthew 10:41; 21:9; 28:19, Mark 11:9, Luke 13:35, John 5:43, Acts 8:16, 1 Corinthians 1:13; of the name Christian, 1 Peter 4:16; esp. of the name of God as expressing the divine attributes: ἁγιάζειν (ἅγιον) τὸ ὄ. (τ. Πατρός, Κυρίου), Matthew 6:9, Luke 1:49; 11:2; ψάλλειν (ὁμολογεῖν) τῷ ὀ., Romans 15:9, Hebrews 13:15; δοξάζειν (φανεροῦν, φοβεῖσθαι) τὸ ὄ., John 12:28; 17:6, 26, Revelation 11:18; 15:4; βλασφημεῖν, Romans 2:24, 1 Timothy 6:1, Revelation 13:6; similarly, of the name of Christ: τ. καλὂν ὄ. (Deiss., LAE, 276); πιστεύειν τῷ ὀ., 1 John 3:23; π. εἰς τ. ὄ. (Bl., §39, 4), John 1:12; 2:23; 3:18; ὀνομάζειν τὸ ὄ., 2 Timothy 2:19; κρατεῖν, Revelation 2:13; οὐκ ἀρνεῖσθαι, Revelation 3:8; ἐν τ. ὀ. (see reff. supr.), Mark 9:38 16:[17], Luke 10:17, John 14:13; 16:23, 24; 20:31, Acts 3:6; 4:12, Ephesians 5:20, 1 Peter 4:14, al.; εἰς τ. ὄ. συνάγεσθαι, Matthew 18:20; ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀ., Matthew 19:29; διὰ τὸ ὄ., Matthew 10:22, Mark 13:13, al.; διὰ τοῦ ὀ., 1 Corinthians 1:10; ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀ., Acts 9:16, Romans 1:5, al.; id. absol., Acts 5:41, 3 John 7; πρὸς τὸ ὄ., Acts 26:9.

3. cause, ground, reason (in cl., usually in bad sense, pretext): Mark 9:41 (Swete, in l.; Dalman, Words, 305f.).

4. In late Greek (Deiss., BS., 196f.), an individual, a person: Acts 1:15, Revelation 3:4; 11:13.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ὄνομα:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

230 total
  1. Luke 5:27ὀνόματι · named
    After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,
  2. Luke 6:22ὄνομα · name
    Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
  3. Luke 8:30ὄνομά · name
    “What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
  4. Luke 8:41ὄνομα · named
    Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,
  5. Luke 9:48ὀνόματί · name
    And He said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes the One who sent Me. For whoever is the least among all of you, he is the greatest.”
  6. Luke 9:49ὀνόματί · name
    “Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”
  7. Luke 10:17ὀνόματί · name
    The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”
  8. Luke 10:20ὀνόματα · names
    Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
  9. Luke 10:38ὀνόματι · named
    As they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.
  10. Luke 11:2ὄνομά · name
    So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.
  11. Luke 13:35ὀνόματι · [the] name
    Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
  12. Luke 16:20ὀνόματι · named
    And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
  13. Luke 19:2ὀνόματι · named
    And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.
  14. Luke 19:38ὀνόματι · [the] name
    “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
  15. Luke 21:8ὀνόματί · name
    Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.
  16. Luke 21:12ὀνόματός · name
    But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.
  17. Luke 21:17ὄνομά · name
    And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.
  18. Luke 23:50ὀνόματι · named
    Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,
  19. Luke 24:13ὄνομα · called
    That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
  20. Luke 24:18ὀνόματι · named
    One of them, named Cleopas, asked Him, “Are You the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in recent days?”
  21. Luke 24:47ὀνόματι · name
    …and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
  22. John 1:6ὄνομα · name
    There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
  23. John 1:12ὄνομα · name
    But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
  24. John 2:23ὄνομα · name
    While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
  25. John 3:1ὄνομα · named
    Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
  26. John 3:18ὄνομα · name
    Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
  27. John 5:43ὀνόματι · name; ὀνόματι · name
    I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.
  28. John 10:3ὄνομα · name
    The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
  29. John 10:25ὀνόματι · name
    “I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.
  30. John 12:13ὀνόματι · [the] name
    They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”
  31. John 12:28ὄνομα · name
    Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
  32. John 14:13ὀνόματί · name
    And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  33. John 14:14ὀνόματί · name
    If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.
  34. John 14:26ὀνόματί · name
    But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
  35. John 15:16ὀνόματί · name
    You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
  36. John 15:21ὄνομά · name
    But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
  37. John 16:23ὀνόματί · name
    In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
  38. John 16:24ὀνόματί · name
    Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
  39. John 16:26ὀνόματί · name
    In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
  40. John 17:6ὄνομα · name
    I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
  41. John 17:11ὀνόματί · name
    I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
  42. John 17:12ὀνόματί · name
    While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
  43. John 17:26ὄνομά · name
    And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
  44. John 18:10ὄνομα · name
    Then Simon Peter drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
  45. John 20:31ὀνόματι · name
    But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
  46. Acts 1:15ὀνομάτων
    In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty) and said,
  47. Acts 2:21ὄνομα · name
    And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
  48. Acts 2:38ὀνόματι · name
    Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
  49. Acts 3:6ὀνόματι · name
    But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”