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onoma G3686

ὄνομα (onoma) means “name” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ὄνομα Greek · G3686 228 tagged occurrences in 213 verses

Pronunciation guide: on'-om-ah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3686

ὄνομα · onoma · name

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)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

name, character, fame, reputation.

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How translators render G3686

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
name 145
named 34
the name 14
names 10
called 3
vvv 3
a name 2
name is 2
a reputation 1
because he is my 1
he named 1
it is 1
names are 1
own 1
people 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
name 104
the name 57
named 27
names 12
names sake 6
a name 5
in 5
called 4
by name 2
of names 2
surnamed 2
the names 2
unto 2
a 1
by 1
in the name 1
name was 1
of men 1
on the name 1
to 1
whose name 1

Verses containing G3686

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  1. Acts 5:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

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  2. Acts 5:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.

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  3. Acts 5:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.

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  4. Acts 5:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

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  5. Acts 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,

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  6. Acts 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

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  7. Acts 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

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  8. Acts 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.

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  9. Acts 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

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  10. Acts 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”

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  11. Acts 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”

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  12. Acts 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

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  13. Acts 9:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”

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  14. Acts 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

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  15. Acts 9:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.

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  16. Acts 9:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.

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  17. Acts 9:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.

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  18. Acts 9:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.

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  19. Acts 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.

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  20. Acts 10:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”

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  21. Acts 10:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

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  22. Acts 11:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)

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  23. Acts 12:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.

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  24. Acts 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,

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  25. Acts 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

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  26. Acts 15:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.

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  27. Acts 15:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things

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  28. Acts 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  29. Acts 16:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.

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  30. Acts 16:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.

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  31. Acts 16:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.

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  32. Acts 17:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.

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  33. Acts 18:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,

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  34. Acts 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God.

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  35. Acts 18:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”

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  36. Acts 18:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.

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  37. Acts 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

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  38. Acts 19:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

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  39. Acts 19:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.

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  40. Acts 19:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.

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  41. Acts 20:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

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  42. Acts 21:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

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  43. Acts 21:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

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  44. Acts 22:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

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  45. Acts 26:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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  46. Acts 27:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.

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  47. Acts 28:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

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  48. Romans 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

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  49. Romans 2:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

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  50. Romans 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

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