Strong's Lexicon
G3687 — ὀνομάζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3687 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὀνομάζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3686 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | onomazo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | on-om-ad'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to name, i.e. assign an appellation 2. (by extension) to utter, mention, profess |
| KJV Renderings: | call, name |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀνομάζω; 1 aorist ὠνόμασα; passive, present ὀνομάζομαι; 1 aorist ὠνομασθην; (ὄνομα); from Homer down; to name (cf. Winers Grammar, 615 (572));
a. τό ὄνομα, to name i. e. to utter: passive Eph 1:21; τοῦ κυρίου (Rec. Χριστοῦ), the name of the Lord (Christ) namely, as his Lord, 2Ti 2:19 (the Sept. for éÀäåÈä ùÅÑí äÄæÀëÄÌéø, to make mention of the name of Jehovah in praise, said of his worshippers, Isa 26:13; Amo 6:10); τό ὄνομα Ἰησοῦ ἐπί τινα, Act 19:13, see ἐπί, C. I. 1 c., p. 234{b} middle b. τινα, with a proper or an appellative name as predicate accusative, to name, i. e. give name to, one: Luk 6:13 f; passive to be named, i. e. bear the name of, 1Co 5:11; ἐκ with the genitive of the one from whom the received name is derived, Eph 3:15 (Homer Iliad 10, 68; Xenophon, mem. 4, 5, 12).
c. τινα or τί, to utter the name of a person or thing: ὅπου ὠνομάσθη Χριστός, of the lands into which the knowledge of Christ has been carried, Rom 15:20 (1Ma 3:9); ὀνομάζεσθαι of things which are called by their own name because they are present or exist (as opposed to those which are unheard of), 1Co 5:1 Rec.; Eph 5:3. (Compare: ἐπονομάζω.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὀνομάζω (call)
Luke 6:13
- KJV: And when it was day he called his disciples and of them he chose twelve whom also he named apostles
- GK: και ότε εγένετο ημέρα προσεφώνησε τους μαθητάς αυτού και εκλεξάμενος απ΄ αυτών δώδεκα ους και αποστόλους ωνόμασε
Luke 6:14
- KJV: Simon whom he also named Peter and Andrew his brother James and John Philip and Bartholomew
- GK: Σίμωνα ον και ωνόμασεν Πέτρον και Ανδρέαν τον αδελφόν αυτού Ιάκωβον και Ιωάννην Φίλιππον και Βαρθολομαίον
Acts 19:13
- KJV: Then certain of the vagabond Jews exorcists took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus saying We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth
- GK: επεχείρησαν δε τινες από των περιερχομένων Ιουδαίων εξορκιστών ονομάζειν επί τους έχοντας τα πνεύματα τα πονηρά το όνομα του κυρίου Ιησού λέγοντες ορκίζομεν υμάς τον Ιησούν ον ο Παύλος κηρύσσει
Romans 15:20
- KJV: Yea so have I strived to preach the gospel not where Christ was named lest I should build upon another man’s foundation
- GK: ούτω δε φιλοτιμούμενον ευαγγελίζεσθαι ουχ όπου ωνομάσθη χριστός ίνα μη επ΄ αλλότριον θεμέλιον οικοδομώ
1 Corinthians 5:1
- KJV: It is reported commonly fornication among you and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles that one should have his father’s wife
- GK: όλως ακούεται εν υμίν πορνεία και τοιαύτη πορνεία ήτις ουδέ εν τοις έθνεσιν ονομάζεται ώστε γυναίκά τινα του πατρός έχειν
1 Corinthians 5:11
- KJV: But now I have written unto you not to keep company if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator or covetous or an idolater or a railer or a drunkard or an extortioner with such an one no not to eat
- GK: νυνί δε έγραψα υμίν μη συναναμίγνυσθαι εάν τις αδελφός ονομαζόμενος η πόρνος η πλεονέκτης η ειδωλολάτρης η λοίδορος η μέθυσος η άρπαξ τω τοιούτω μηδέ συνεσθίειν
Ephesians 1:21
- KJV: Far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named not only in this world but also in that which is to come
- GK: υπεράνω πάσης αρχής και εξουσίας και δυνάμεως και κυριότητος και παντός ονόματος ονομαζομένου ου μόνον εν τω αιώνι τούτω αλλά και εν τω μέλλοντι
Ephesians 3:15
- KJV: Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named
- GK: εξ ου πάσα πατριά εν ουρανοίς και επί γης ονομάζεται
Ephesians 5:3
- KJV: But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness let it not be once named among you as becometh saints
- GK: πορνεία δε και πάσα ακαθαρσία η πλεονεξία μηδέ ονομαζέσθω εν υμίν καθώς πρέπει αγίοις
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