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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

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

230 total
  1. Revelation 3:12ὄνομα · name; ὄνομα · name; ὄνομά · name
    The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
  2. Revelation 6:8ὄνομα · name
    Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.
  3. Revelation 8:11ὄνομα · name
    The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.
  4. Revelation 9:11ὄνομα · name; ὄνομα · [it is]
    They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
  5. Revelation 11:13ὀνόματα
    And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
  6. Revelation 11:18ὄνομά · name
    The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
  7. Revelation 13:1ὀνόματα · names
    Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
  8. Revelation 13:6ὄνομα · name
    And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.
  9. Revelation 13:8ὄνομα · names
    And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
  10. Revelation 13:17ὄνομα · name; ὀνόματος · name
    …so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.
  11. Revelation 14:1ὄνομα · name; ὄνομα · name
    Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
  12. Revelation 14:11ὀνόματος · name
    And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”
  13. Revelation 15:2ὀνόματος · name
    And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God,
  14. Revelation 15:4ὄνομά · name
    Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
  15. Revelation 16:9ὄνομα · name
    And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
  16. Revelation 17:3ὀνόματα · names
    And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
  17. Revelation 17:5ὄνομα · name
    And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
  18. Revelation 17:8ὄνομα · names
    The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.
  19. Revelation 19:12ὄνομα · a name
    He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.
  20. Revelation 19:13ὄνομα · name is
    He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.
  21. Revelation 19:16ὄνομα · a name
    And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
  22. Revelation 21:12ὀνόματα; ὀνόματα · names
    The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.
  23. Revelation 21:14ὀνόματα · names
    The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
  24. Revelation 22:4ὄνομα · name
    They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.