No longer shall your name be called Abram,[a] but (A)your name shall be Abraham,[b] (B)for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father
  2. Genesis 17:5 Abraham means father of a multitude

21 She will bear a son, and (A)you shall call his name Jesus, (B)for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 (C)All this took place (D)to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

23 (E)“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
    and they shall call his name (F)Immanuel”

(which means, God (G)with us).

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You are the Lord, the God (A)who chose Abram and brought him out of (B)Ur of the Chaldeans (C)and gave him the name Abraham.

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Isaac's Birth Promised

15 And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah[a] shall be her name.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:15 Sarai and Sarah mean princess

28 Then he said, (A)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[a] for (B)you have striven with God and (C)with men, and have prevailed.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 Israel means He strives with God, or God strives

17 (A)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (B)To the one who conquers I will give some of (C)the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with (D)a new name written on the stone (E)that no one knows except the one who receives it.’

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17 as it is written, (A)“I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, (B)who gives life to the dead and calls into existence (C)the things that do not exist.

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The next day, when (A)Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call your name (B)Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side.

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(A)The nations shall see your righteousness,
    and all the kings your glory,
(B)and you shall be called by a new name
    that the mouth of the Lord will give.
You shall be (C)a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
    and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
(D)You shall no more be termed (E)Forsaken,[a]
    and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,[b]
(F)but you shall be called (G)My Delight Is in Her,[c]
    and your land Married;[d]
for the Lord delights in you,
    and your land shall be married.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 62:4 Hebrew Azubah
  2. Isaiah 62:4 Hebrew Shemamah
  3. Isaiah 62:4 Hebrew Hephzibah
  4. Isaiah 62:4 Hebrew Beulah

42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of (A)John. You shall be called (B)Cephas” (which means (C)Peter[a]).

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:42 Cephas and Peter are from the word for rock in Aramaic and Greek, respectively

In his days Judah will be saved, and (A)Israel will (B)dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: (C)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

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15 You shall leave your name to (A)my chosen (B)for a curse,
    and the Lord God will put you to death,
    but his servants (C)he will call by another name,

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25 and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah,[a] because of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:25 Jedidiah means beloved of the Lord

16 These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called (A)Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.

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