Genesis 17:5
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5 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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- Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father
- Genesis 17:5 Abraham means father of a multitude
Nehemiah 9:7
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7 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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Genesis 17:15
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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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- Genesis 17:15 Sarai and Sarah mean princess
Genesis 32:28
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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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- Genesis 32:28 Israel means He strives with God, or God strives
Revelation 2:17
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Romans 4:17
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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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Jeremiah 20:3
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3 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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Isaiah 62:2-4
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2 (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.
3 You shall be (C)a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 (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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- Isaiah 62:4 Hebrew Azubah
- Isaiah 62:4 Hebrew Shemamah
- Isaiah 62:4 Hebrew Hephzibah
- Isaiah 62:4 Hebrew Beulah
John 1:42
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Jeremiah 23:6
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6 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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Isaiah 65:15
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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,
2 Samuel 12:25
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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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- 2 Samuel 12:25 Jedidiah means beloved of the Lord
Numbers 13:16
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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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