ὄνομαónoma
a "name" (literally or figuratively) (authority, character)
Greek (New Testament) · G3686
Meanings
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, and elsewhere; ἄνθρωπος (etc.), ᾧ (οὗ) ὄ. (τ. ὄ), namely ἦν or ἐστίν (Bl., § 30, 3), Mark 14:32, Luke 1:26, Luke 1:27; with same ellipsis, καὶ τ. ὄ. αὐτοῦ (ὄ. αὐτῷ), Luke 1:5, John 1:6, and elsewhere; ὀνόματι, followed by nom. properly, Matthew 27:32, Mark 5:22, Luke 1:5, Acts 5:1, and elsewhere; accusative absolutely (Bl., § 34, 7), τοὔνομα (= τ. ὄνομα), Matthew 27:57; ὄ. μοι (namely 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, Philippians 4:3, Revelation 13:8, cf. Luke 10:20 (ἐν τ. οὐρανοῖς); ὄ. βλασφημίας, Revelation 13:1; the name as opposed to the reality, Revelation 3:1; as a title: Ephesians 1:21, Philippians 2:9, Philippians 2:10.
2. By a usage similar to that with ref. to Heb. שֵׁם, but also common in Hellenistic (M, Pr., 100; Bl., § 39, 4; Deiss, BS, 146 f., 196 f.; LAE, 1234, 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 (see references supr.), Matthew 10:41, Matthew 21:9, Matthew 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; especially of the name of God as expressing the divine attributes: ἁγιάζειν (ἅγιον) τὸ ὄ. (τ. Πατρός, Κυρίου), Matthew 6:9, Luke 1:49, Luke 11:2; ψάλλειν (ὁμολογεῖν) τῷ ὀ., Romans 15:9, Hebrews 13:15; δοξάζειν (φανεροῦν, φοβεῖσθαι) τὸ ὄ., John 12:28, John 17:6, John 17:26, Revelation 11:18, Revelation 15:4; βλασφημεῖν, Romans 2:24, 1 Timothy 6:1, Revelation 13:6; similarly, of the name of Christ: τ. καλὸν ὄ.; πιστεύειν τῷ ὀ., 1 John 3:23; π. εἰς τ. ὄ. (Bl., § 39, 4), John 1:12, John 2:23, John 3:18; ὀνομάζειν τὸ ὄ., 2 Timothy 2:19; κρατεῖν, Revelation 2:13; οὐκ ἀρνεῖσθαι, Revelation 3:8; ἐν τ. ὀ. (see references supr.), Mark 9:38, Mark 16:17, Luke 10:17, John 14:13, John 16:23, John 16:24, John 20:31, Acts 3:6, Acts 4:12, Ephesians 5:20, 1 Peter 4:14, and elsewhere; εἰς τ. ὄ. συνάγεσθαι, Matthew 18:20; ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀ., Matthew 19:29; διὰ τὸ ὄ., Matthew 10:22, Mark 13:13, and elsewhere; διὰ τοῦ ὀ., 1 Corinthians 1:10; ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀ., Acts 9:16, Romans 1:5, and elsewhere; id. absolutely, Acts 5:41, 3 John 1:7; πρὸς τὸ ὄ., Acts 26:9.
3. cause, ground, reason (in classical Greek, usually in bad sense, pretext): Mark 9:41.
4. In late Greek, an individual, a person: Acts 1:15, Revelation 3:4, Revelation 11:13.
Same root
- γινώσκωginṓskō · G1097to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
- ὀνίνημιonínēmi · G3685for which another prolonged form () is used as an alternate in some tenses (unless indeed it be identical with the base of G3686 (ὄνομα) through the idea of notoriety); to gratify, i.e. (middle voice) to derive pleasure or advantage from
- ὀνομάζωonomázō · G3687to name, i.e. assign an appellation; by extension, to utter, mention, profess
- ψευδώνυμοςpseudṓnymos · G5581untruly named
- εὐώνυμοςeuṓnymos · G2176properly, well-named (good-omened), i.e. the left (which was the lucky side among the pagan Greeks); neuter as adverbial, at the left hand
- ὄνειδοςóneidos · G3681notoriety, i.e. a taunt (disgrace)
- τοὔνομαtoúnoma · G5122the name (is)
Where it appears
Appears 227 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 1:21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
- Matthew 1:23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’”
- Matthew 1:25 But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus.
- Matthew 6:9 Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
- Matthew 7:22 On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’
- Matthew 10:2 Here are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (also called Peter), then Andrew (Peter’s brother), James (son of Zebedee), John (James’s brother),
See every passage
- Matthew 1:21, 1:23, 1:25, 6:9, 7:22, 10:2, 10:22, 10:41, 10:42, 12:21, 18:5, 18:20, 19:29, 21:9, 23:39, 24:5, 24:9, 27:32, 28:19
- Mark 3:16, 3:17, 5:9, 5:22, 6:14, 9:37, 9:38, 9:39, 9:41, 11:9, 13:6, 13:13, 14:32
- Luke 1:5, 1:13, 1:26, 1:27, 1:31, 1:49, 1:59, 1:61, 1:63, 2:21, 2:25, 5:27, 6:22, 8:30, 8:41, 9:48, 9:49, 10:17, 10:20, 10:38, 11:2, 13:35, 16:20, 19:2, 19:38, 21:8, 21:12, 21:17, 23:50, 24:13, 24:18, 24:47
- John 1:6, 1:12, 2:23, 3:1, 3:18, 5:43, 10:3, 10:25, 12:13, 12:28, 14:13, 14:14, 14:26, 15:16, 15:21, 16:23, 16:24, 16:26, 17:6, 17:11, 17:12, 17:26, 18:10, 20:31
- Acts 1:15, 2:21, 2:38, 3:6, 3:16, 4:7, 4:10, 4:12, 4:17, 4:18, 4:30, 5:1, 5:28, 5:34, 5:40, 5:41, 8:9, 8:12, 8:16, 9:10, 9:11, 9:12, 9:14, 9:15, 9:16, 9:21, 9:27, 9:33, 9:36, 10:1, 10:43, 10:48, 11:28, 12:13, 13:6, 13:8, 15:14, 15:17, 15:26, 16:1, 16:14, 16:18, 17:34, 18:2, 18:7, 18:15, 18:24, 19:5, 19:13, 19:17, 19:24, 20:9, 21:10, 21:13, 22:16, 26:9, 27:1, 28:7
- Romans 1:5, 2:24, 9:17, 10:13, 15:9
- 1 Corinthians 1:2, 1:10, 1:13, 1:15, 5:4, 6:11
- Ephesians 1:21, 5:20
- Philippians 2:9, 2:10, 4:3
- Colossians 3:17
- 2 Thessalonians 1:12, 3:6
- 1 Timothy 6:1
- 2 Timothy 2:19
- Hebrews 1:4, 2:12, 6:10, 13:15
- James 2:7, 5:10, 5:14
- 1 Peter 4:14, 4:16
- 1 John 2:12, 3:23, 5:13
- 3 John 1:7
- Revelation 2:3, 2:13, 2:17, 3:1, 3:4, 3:5, 3:8, 3:12, 6:8, 8:11, 9:11, 11:13, 11:18, 13:1, 13:6, 13:8, 13:17, 14:1, 14:11, 15:2, 15:4, 16:9, 17:3, 17:5, 17:8, 19:12, 19:13, 19:16, 21:12, 21:14, 22:4
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.