Thematic Bible: Were named
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Children » Were named » From remarkable events
The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, when I am so old?’
and her two sons, of whom one was named Gershom, for Moses said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land." The other was named Eliezer, for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."
Children » Were named » From circumstances connected with their birth
It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.
Now the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau.
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, “Because I bore him with pain.”
Children » Were named » Often by God
So I approached the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz;
And the Lord said to him, “Name him Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.
And the Lord said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people and I am not your God.”
Children » Were named » After relatives
And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zacharias, after his father.
And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by that name.”