Strong G3686ὄνομα

name

Transliteration
onoma
Pronunciation
on'-om-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

From a presumed derivative of the base of G1097 (compare G3685); a name (literally or figuratively) (authority character): - called (+ sur-) name (-d).

Detailed definition

ὄνομα, -τος, τό,
[in LXX chiefly for שֵׁם;]

1. in general, the name by which a person or thing is called: Mat.10:2, Mrk.3:16, Luk.1:63, Jhn.18:10, al.; ἄνθρωπος (etc.), ᾧ (οὗ) ὄ. (τ. ὄ), sc. ἦν or ἐστίν (BL, §30, 3), Mrk.14:32, Luk.1:26, 27; with same ellipsis, καὶ τ. ὄ. αὐτοῦ, Luk.1:5, Jhn.1:6, al.; ὀνόματι, before nom. prop., Mat.27:32, Mrk.5:22, Luk.1:5, Act.5:1, al.; accusative absol. (Bl., §34, 7), τοὔνομα (= τ. ὄνομα), Mat.27:57; ὄ. μοι (sc. ἐστίν; cf. Hom., Od., ix, 366), Mrk.5:9 (cf. Luk.8:30); ἔξειν ὄ., Rev.9:11; καλεῖν (ἐπιτιθέναι) ὄ. (Bl., §33, 1), Mat.1:21, Mrk.3:16; τ. ὄ. ἐν (τ.) βίβλῳ ζωῆς (cf. Deiss., LAE, 121), Php.4:3, Rev.13:8, cf. Luk.10:20 (ἐν τ. οὐρανοῖς); ὄ. βλασφημίας, Rev.13:1; the name as opposite to the reality, Rev.3:1 (cf. Hdt., vii, 138); as a title: Eph.1:21, Php.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.), Mat.10:41 21:9 28:19, Mrk.11:9, Luk.13:35, Jhn.5:43, Act.8:16, 1Co.1:13; of the name Christian, 1Pe.4:16; esp. of the name of God as expressing the divine attributes: ἁγιάζειν (ἅγιον) τὸ ὄ. (τ. Πατρός, Κυρίου), Mat.6:9, Luk.1:49 11:2; ψάλλειν (ὁμολογεῖν) τῷ ὀ., Rom.15:9, Heb.13:15; δοξάζειν (φανεροῦν, φοβεῖσθαι) τὸ ὄ., Jhn.12:28 17:6, 26 Rev.11:18 15:4; βλασφημεῖν, Rom.2:24, 1Ti.6:1, Rev.13:6; similarly, of the name of Christ: τ. καλὂν ὄ. (Deiss., LAE, 276); πιστεύειν τῷ ὀ., 1Jn.3:23; π. εἰς τ. ὄ. (Bl., §39, 4), Jhn.1:12 2:23 3:18; ὀνομάζειν τὸ ὄ., 2Ti.2:19; κρατεῖν, Rev.2:13; οὐκ ἀρνεῖσθαι, Rev.3:8; ἐν τ. ὀ. (see reff. supr.), Mrk.9:38 16:[17], Luk.10:17, Jhn.14:13 16:23, 24 20:31, Act.3:6 4:12, Eph.5:20, 1Pe.4:14, al.; εἰς τ. ὄ. συνάγεσθαι, Mat.18:20; ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀ., Mat.19:29; διὰ τὸ ὄ., Mat.10:22, Mrk.13:13, al.; διὰ τοῦ ὀ., 1Co.1:10; ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀ., Act.9:16, Rom.1:5, al.; id. absol., Act.5:41, 3Jo.7; πρὸς τὸ ὄ., Act.26:9.

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

4. In late Greek (Deiss., BS., 196f.), an individual, a person: Act.1:15, Rev.3:4 11:13.
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3686 appears in 214 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • name201
  • sake6
  • call4
  • in3
  • surnamed2
  • unto2
  • a1
  • by1
  • to1

First verses

  1. Matthew 1:21
    And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
  2. Matthew 1:23
    Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  3. Matthew 1:25
    And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
  4. Matthew 6:9
    After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
  5. Matthew 7:22
    Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
  6. Matthew 10:2
    Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
  7. Matthew 10:22
    And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
  8. Matthew 10:41
    He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.
  9. Matthew 10:42
    And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
  10. Matthew 12:21
    And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
  11. Matthew 18:5
    And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
  12. Matthew 18:20
    For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
  13. Matthew 19:29
    And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
  14. Matthew 21:9
    And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
  15. Matthew 23:39
    For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
  16. Matthew 24:5
    For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
  17. Matthew 24:9
    Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
  18. Matthew 27:32
    And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
  19. Matthew 28:19
    Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
  20. Mark 3:16
    And Simon he surnamed Peter;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὄνομα,
Aeolic dialect and Doric dialect ὄνῠμα [Refs (“IG” 12(2).68.8 (Lesb.), “GDI” 4992a iii 7 (from Crete), “SIG” 1122.8 (from Selinus), “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.167 (from Cyrene))]; Laconian dialect *ἔνυμα probably in proper nouns Ἐνυμακρατίδας [Refs (“IG” 5(1).213.45, Ἐνυμαντιάδας [prev. work] 97.20, 280.2)]; poetry also (for the sake of meter) οὔνομα (see.below), which appears regularly in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (along with ὀνομάζω, as 2.50, 4.35, +others))], and sometimes in other Ionic dialect prose authors (variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 25, etc.))], but is probably not Ionic; Ionic dialect Inscrr. have only ὄνομα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“IG” 7.235.39 (from Oropus), etc.: 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has οὔνομα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.194, 9.355, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.235, οὐνόματ᾽ (α) 17.260, ὄνομα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.16, 364, 366, 19.183, ὄνομ᾽ (α) 4.710)] et saep.:—name of a person or thing, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always of a person, except ἐρέω δέ τοι οὔνομα λαῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.194 and in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.248 (see. infr. II); Οὖτις ἐμοί γ᾽ ὄ. 9.366, compare 18.5, 19.183, 247)]; Ἀρήτη δ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ ἐστὶν ἐπώνυμον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (7.54, compare 19.409, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 144: in Prose ὄνομα)] is used absolutely, by name, πόλις ὄ. Καιναί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.28, etc.: also _dative_, πόλις Θάψακος ὀνόματι [prev. work] 1.4.11 (variant))]; ὀνόματι λέγειν by name, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 21c; ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματος δηλοῦσθαι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.45.4, etc.)]; κατ᾽ ὄνομα by name, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC(?): Strato Comicus 1.14, “epigram Gr.” 983.4 (from Philae))]; ἀσπάζου τοὺς φίλους κατ᾽ ὄ. each by his name, [NT (NT.3John.14.)]
2 ὄ. τίθεσθαι or θέσθαι τινί give one a name, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.403, 406, 8.554, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 6, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 810:)] —passive, ὄ. κεῖταί τινι[Refs ([prev. work] 1291)]; ὄ. ἐστι or κεῖται ἐπί τινι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.14.2, “Cyr.” 2.2.12)]; so ὄ. φέρειν or ἐπιφέρειν ἐπί τι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1119a33, “HA” 572a11.)]
3 ὄνομα καλεῖν τινα call one by name, εἴπ᾽ ὄνομ᾽, ὅττι σε κεῖθι κάλεον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.550; καλοῦσί με τοῦτο τὸ ὄ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.3, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 259, 800, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 393e, etc.)]:—so in passive, ὄ. δ᾽ ὠνομάζετο Ἕλενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 605, compare “El.” 694; ὄ. δημοκρατία κέκληται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37; τὸ ἐναντίον ὄ. ἀφροσύνη μετωνόμασται [prev. author] 1.122; ὄ. ἓν κεκλημένους Σικελιώτας [prev. author] 4.64; λεγόμενοι τοὔνομα γεωργικοί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 842e; but also ὀνόματί τινα προσαγορεύειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.40)]; reversely, ὄνομα καλεῖν τινι give a name to, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 279e, “Cra.” 385d; ὄ. καλεῖν ἐπί τινι [prev. author] “Prm.” 147d; τύμβῳ δ᾽ ὄ. σῷ κεκλήσεται.. Κυνὸς σῆμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1271; τοὔνομα προσηγορεύθη 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 21.3.)]
II name, fame, Ἰθάκης γε καὶ ἐς Τροίην ὄνομ᾽ ἵκει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.248; οὐδὲ θανὼν ὄνομ᾽ ὤλεσας 24.93)]; ὄ. ἔχειν or σχεῖν ἀπό τινος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.71, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 282a; τὸ μεγα ὄ. τῶν Ἀθηνῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.64; τῷ μέλλοντι χρόνῳ καταλιπεῖν ὄ. ὡς.. [prev. author] 5.16; τοὔνομά τινος μεῖζον ἀφικνεῖται εἰς τὴν πόλιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.20; ὧν ὀνόματα μεγάλα λέγεται ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 281c; ὄ. μέγιστον ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64)]; ἐν ὀνόματι εἶναι to have a name, to be notable, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.1.23; οἱ ἐν πράγμασιν ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματος γεγονότες 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.35.1; παράσιτοι δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματος ἐγένοντο)]notably, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.240c; τῶν δι᾽ ὀνόματος παρασίτων [prev. work] 241a.)]
III a name and nothing else, opposed to the real person or thing, ἵνα μηδ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀνθρώποισι λίπηται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.710; βοᾶς δ᾽ ἔτι μηδ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ εἴη 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.97)]; opposed to ἔργον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 454, “Hipp.” 502; περὶ ὄ. μάχεσθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 33.3; ἐκ τῶν ὀ. μᾶλλον ἢ τῶν πραγμάτων σκέψασθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.15)]; ὀνόματι διαφέρεσθαι dispute about a word, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 285a, “Lg.” 644a.)]
III.2 false name, pretence, pretext, ὀνόματι ἐννόμῳ ξυμμαχίας under the pretence.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.60; μετ᾽ ὀνομάτων καλῶν [prev. author] 5.89; χώρα καλῶν ὀ. καὶ προσχημάτων μεστή 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 495c, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.5.4.)]
IV in periphrastic phrases, ὄ. τῆς σωτηρίας, ={σωτηρία}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 905, compare ὄνομ᾽ ὁμιλίας ἐμῆς (variant for ὄμμ᾽) [prev. author] “Or.” 1082)]: with the names of persons, periphrastic for the person, ὦ φίλτατον ὄ. Πολυνείκους [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 1702.)]
IV.2 of persons, ὄχλος ὀνομάτων [NT (NT.Act.1.15)]; ἕτερα ὀ. ἀντ᾽ αὐτοῦ.. πέμψαι Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 28.19 (2nd c.AD))]; in Accountancy, both of persons and things (cf. Latin nomen), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “adv. Athenogenem” 6, 10 (both _plural_), “Jahresh.” 26 “Beibl.” 13 (Ephes., 2nd c.AD, _plural_))]; βαρέσαι τὸ ἐμὸν ὄ. charge my account, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 126.8 (6th c.AD); τὸν τόκον τὸν ὀνόματί μου παραγραφέντα [prev. work]513.22 (2nd c.AD))]; in registers of titledeeds, etc., οἰκίας οὐ κειμένης ἐν ὀνόματι τῆς ἀποδομένης not booked under the name of the seller, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PLips.” 3 ii 25 (3rd c.AD))]; ὀνόματι ἰδιωτικῆς under the head of private land, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PCair.Preis.” 47.10 (4th c.AD))]; δικαιώματα.. ἑκάστῳ ὀνόματι παράκειται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 113.11 (2nd c.AD))]; in tax-receipts, ἔσχον ὀνόματος Σομτοῦς on account of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, “Ostr.Bodl.” ii 39 (2nd c.AD),compare “PFay.” 85.7 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]
V phrase, expression, especially of technical terms, ὀ. τὰ ἐν τῇ ναυτικῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.19: generally, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.187.)]
VI Grammars, word, opposed to ῥῆμα (expression), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 399b, compare “Ap.” 17c, “Smp.” 198b, 199b, 221e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.9, 11, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1404b5, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.72, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 12.25, +others, 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 23, +others)]; τὸ ἰλλαίνειν ὄ. the word ἰλλαίνειν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).679.)]
VI.2 noun, opposed to ῥῆμα (verb, predicate), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 168b, “Sph.” 262a, 262b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1457a10, “Int.” 16a19, +others)]; as one of five parts of speech, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.45)]; ὄ. κύριον a proper name, opposed to προσηγορικόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 636.16, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 26.12, +others (so ὄ. alone, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 681 ff., 2nd c.BC: Diogenes Babylonius Stoicus 3.213))]; also of adjectives, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.222)]. (Cf. Gothic namo, genitive namins, Latin nōmen, Sanskrit nāma.)