Genesis 17:5
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5 No longer shall (A)your name be called [a]Abram, but your name shall be [b]Abraham; (B)for I have made you a father of [c]many nations.
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- Genesis 17:5 Lit. Exalted Father
- Genesis 17:5 Lit. Father of a Multitude
- Genesis 17:5 a multitude of
Matthew 1:21-23
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21 (A)And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name [a]Jesus, (B)for He will save His people from their sins.”
22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 23 (C)“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”
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- Matthew 1:21 Lit. Savior
Nehemiah 9:7
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7 “You are the Lord God,
Who chose (A)Abram,
And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans,
And gave him the name (B)Abraham;
Genesis 17:15
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15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but [a]Sarah shall be her name.
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- Genesis 17:15 Lit. Princess
Revelation 2:17
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17 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden (A)manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone (B)a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.” ’
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Romans 4:17
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17 (as it is written, (A)“I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, (B)who gives life to the dead and calls those (C)things which do not exist as though they did;
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Isaiah 62:2-4
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2 (A)The Gentiles shall see your righteousness,
And all (B)kings your glory.
(C)You shall be called by a new name,
Which the mouth of the Lord will name.
3 You shall also be (D)a crown of glory
In the hand of the Lord,
And a royal diadem
In the hand of your God.
4 (E)You shall no longer be termed (F)Forsaken,[a]
Nor shall your land any more be termed (G)Desolate;[b]
But you shall be called [c]Hephzibah, and your land [d]Beulah;
For the Lord delights in you,
And your land shall be married.
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- Isaiah 62:4 Heb. Azubah
- Isaiah 62:4 Heb. Shemamah
- Isaiah 62:4 Lit. My Delight Is in Her
- Isaiah 62:4 Lit. Married
Genesis 32:28
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28 And He said, (A)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but [a]Israel; for you have (B)struggled with God and (C)with men, and have prevailed.”
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- Genesis 32:28 Lit. Prince with God
John 1:42
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42 And he brought him to Jesus.
Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of [a]Jonah. (A)You shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, [b]A Stone).
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Jeremiah 23:6
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6 (A)In His days Judah will be saved,
And Israel (B)will dwell safely;
Now (C)this is His name by which He will be called:
[a]THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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- Jeremiah 23:6 Heb. YHWH Tsidkenu
Jeremiah 20:3
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3 And it happened on the next day that Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord has not called your name Pashhur, but [a]Magor-Missabib.
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- Jeremiah 20:3 Lit. Fear on Every Side
Isaiah 65:15
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15 You shall leave your name (A)as a curse to (B)My chosen;
For the Lord God will slay you,
And (C)call His servants by another name;
2 Samuel 12:25
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25 and He sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet: So [a]he called his name [b]Jedidiah, because of the Lord.
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- 2 Samuel 12:25 Qr., some Heb. mss., Syr., Tg. she
- 2 Samuel 12:25 Lit. Beloved of the Lord
Numbers 13:16
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16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to [a]spy out the land. And Moses called (A)Hoshea[b] the son of Nun, Joshua.
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- Numbers 13:16 secretly search
- Numbers 13:16 LXX, Vg. Oshea
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