Strong G2028ἐπονομάζω
to name
- Transliteration
- eponomazō
- Pronunciation
- ep-on-om-ad'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπ-ονομάζω
[in LXX chiefly for קָרָא;]
to name, call by a name, surname: pass., Rom.2:17.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for קָרָא;]
to name, call by a name, surname: pass., Rom.2:17.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2028 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- call1
First verses
- Romans 2:17Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπονομ-άζω,
apply a word (accusative) as a name to a thing (dative), ᾧ γένει κέραμον ἐπωνομάκαμεν to which sort we have given the name pottery, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 60d; ᾧ τὸ ἔστιν ἐπονομάζεις [prev. author] “Tht.” 185c; πᾶσι ταὐτὸν ἐ. ὄνομα [prev. author] “Plt.” 263c (reversely, τίς Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον ἐπονομάζει καθάπερ Πλάτωνι)]; who dedicates his life to [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus)], calls himself an Alexandrist? [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 31.354b):)] —passive, τῇ ἀρχῇ ὕβρις ἐπωνομάσθη the name insolence was given to this rule, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 238a, compare “Cra.” 404b.)]
2 call by a name, ἀπὸ τοῦ θεῖν θεοὺς αὐτοὺς ἐπονομάσαι [φαίνονται] [Refs ([prev. work] 397d)]; τὰς Μούσας ἀπὸ τοῦ μῶσθαι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο ἐ. called the Muses by this name (viz. Muses),[Refs ([prev. work] 406a; ἐ. αὐτὰ τῇ ἐκείνων ἐπωνυμίᾳ [prev. author] “Phd.” 103b)]; with εἶναι pleonastic, [Refs ([prev. author] “Prm.” 133d)]:—passive, to be named, ἀπό τινος after one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.2, etc.)]; also τινος, to be named the temple of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1329, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 738b (but in 626d the _genitive_ depends on ἄξιος))]; πατρόθεν ἐ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Ly.” 204e)]; πατρὸς.. δαῖτ᾽ ἐπωνομασμένην, i.e. called after Agamemnon (compare ἐπώνυμος), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 284)]; especially to be surnamed, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.29; Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ NT.Rom.2.17.)]
3 generally, name, call so and so, ἀφνειὸν ἐ. τὸ χωρίον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13; σοφιστὴν ἐ. σεαυτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 349a, compare “Phd.” 113b, +others; παρακαταθήκην ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 28.15.)]
4 pronounce a name, ἐ. τὰ οὐνόματα ἐν τῷ ὕμνῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.35, compare 7.117)]; ἐπονομάζων τινά uttering his name as he throws the cottabus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 273, compare 4th c.BC: Clearchus Comicus 1.)]
apply a word (accusative) as a name to a thing (dative), ᾧ γένει κέραμον ἐπωνομάκαμεν to which sort we have given the name pottery, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 60d; ᾧ τὸ ἔστιν ἐπονομάζεις [prev. author] “Tht.” 185c; πᾶσι ταὐτὸν ἐ. ὄνομα [prev. author] “Plt.” 263c (reversely, τίς Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον ἐπονομάζει καθάπερ Πλάτωνι)]; who dedicates his life to [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus)], calls himself an Alexandrist? [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 31.354b):)] —passive, τῇ ἀρχῇ ὕβρις ἐπωνομάσθη the name insolence was given to this rule, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 238a, compare “Cra.” 404b.)]
2 call by a name, ἀπὸ τοῦ θεῖν θεοὺς αὐτοὺς ἐπονομάσαι [φαίνονται] [Refs ([prev. work] 397d)]; τὰς Μούσας ἀπὸ τοῦ μῶσθαι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο ἐ. called the Muses by this name (viz. Muses),[Refs ([prev. work] 406a; ἐ. αὐτὰ τῇ ἐκείνων ἐπωνυμίᾳ [prev. author] “Phd.” 103b)]; with εἶναι pleonastic, [Refs ([prev. author] “Prm.” 133d)]:—passive, to be named, ἀπό τινος after one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.2, etc.)]; also τινος, to be named the temple of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1329, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 738b (but in 626d the _genitive_ depends on ἄξιος))]; πατρόθεν ἐ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Ly.” 204e)]; πατρὸς.. δαῖτ᾽ ἐπωνομασμένην, i.e. called after Agamemnon (compare ἐπώνυμος), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 284)]; especially to be surnamed, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.29; Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ NT.Rom.2.17.)]
3 generally, name, call so and so, ἀφνειὸν ἐ. τὸ χωρίον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13; σοφιστὴν ἐ. σεαυτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 349a, compare “Phd.” 113b, +others; παρακαταθήκην ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 28.15.)]
4 pronounce a name, ἐ. τὰ οὐνόματα ἐν τῷ ὕμνῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.35, compare 7.117)]; ἐπονομάζων τινά uttering his name as he throws the cottabus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 273, compare 4th c.BC: Clearchus Comicus 1.)]