onoma · name

What it means

onoma (ὄνομα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “name”.

In the Bible, a name stands for the person himself.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
2. The person himself and his authority: "in the name of".
3. People counted one by one, each with a name.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Name. Abbott-Smith also gives the senses of person and of cause or reason. In the Bible a name stands for the person himself.

• A person's name Matthew 1:21Luke 1:5
• “May your name be sanctified” Matthew 6:9
• “In the name of”: by the authority of Matthew 28:19John 14:13
• “No other name” Acts 4:12
• Persons, counted as names Acts 1:15

How we translate it

“Name” 184 times, “named” 31, “names” 8. The expression “by name Zechariah” is translated “named Zechariah” (Luke 1:5), and in Acts 1:15 “names” is translated “persons”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• name ×184
• named ×31
• names ×8
• because he is ×3
• people ×2
• persons ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×22
• Mark×15
• Luke×34
• John×25
• Acts×60
• Romans×5
• 1 Corinthians×6
• Ephesians×2
• Philippians×4
• Colossians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×2
• 1 Timothy×1
• 2 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×4
• James×3
• 1 Peter×2
• 1 John×3
• 3 John×2
• Revelation×37

• Matthew 1:21

  And she will give birth to a son, and you will call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

• Matthew 1:23

  “Look, the virgin will be pregnant and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Immanuel,” which is, translated, “God with us.”

• Matthew 1:25

  and he did not know her until she had given birth to a son; and he called his name Jesus.

• Matthew 6:9

  So you pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be sanctified;

• Matthew 7:22

  Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many miracles?’

• Matthew 10:2

  Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee and John his brother;

• Matthew 10:22

  And you will be hated by all because of my name; but the one who endures to the end, this one will be saved.

• Matthew 10:41

  The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and the one who receives a righteous man because he is righteous will receive a righteous man’s reward.

• Matthew 10:42

  And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

• Matthew 12:21

  and in his name the nations will hope.”

• Matthew 18:5

  And whoever receives one such child in my name receives me.

• Matthew 18:20

  For where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am among them.”

• Matthew 19:29

  And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

• Matthew 21:9

  And the crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were crying out, saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

• Matthew 23:39

  For I tell you, you will never see me from now until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

• Matthew 24:5

  For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will lead many astray.

• Matthew 24:9

  Then they will hand you over to affliction and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

• Matthew 27:32

  As they were going out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; this man they compelled to carry his cross.

• Matthew 28:19

  So go and make disciples of all the nations, immersing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

• Mark 3:16

  And he appointed the Twelve: and he gave Simon the name Peter;

• Mark 3:17

  and James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (and he gave them the name Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder);

• Mark 5:9

  And he was asking him, “What is your name?” And he says to him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

• Mark 5:22

  And one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, comes, and seeing him, falls at his feet

• Mark 6:14

  And King Herod heard of it, for his name had become known; and people were saying, “John the Immerser has been raised from the dead, and that is why these powers are at work in him.”

• Mark 9:37

  “Whoever receives one of such children in my name receives me; and whoever receives me receives not me but the one who sent me.”

• Mark 9:38

  John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.”

• Mark 9:39

  But Jesus said, “Do not stop him; for there is no one who will do a miracle in my name and be able soon after to speak evil of me.

• Mark 9:41

  For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in the name that you belong to the Messiah, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.

• Mark 11:9

  And those who went ahead and those who followed were crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

• Mark 13:6

  Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and they will lead many astray.

• Mark 13:13

  And you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end, this one will be saved.

• Mark 14:32

  And they come to a place whose name is Gethsemane, and he says to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”

• Mark 16:17

  And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

• Luke 1:5

  There was, in the days of Herod, king of Judea, a certain priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

• Luke 1:13

  But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John.

• Luke 1:26

  And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth,

• Luke 1:27

  to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

• Luke 1:31

  And look, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will call his name Jesus.

• Luke 1:49

  for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name.

• Luke 1:59

  And it happened on the eighth day that they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zechariah.

And 189 more times.