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GreekG3686Noun (Neuter)

ὄνομα

onoma

213Occurrences
G3686Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a "name" (literally or figuratively) (authority, character)

from a presumed derivative of the base of G1097 (γινώσκω) (compare G3685 (ὀνίνημι));

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.in general, the name by which a person or thing is called
2.By a usage similar to that with ref. to Heb. שֵׁם, but also common in Hellenistic (M, Pr., 100; Bl., §39, 4; Deiss, BS, 146f., 196f.; LAE, 123
3.cause, ground, reason (in cl., usually in bad sense, pretext)
4.In late Greek, an individual, a person
LXX: chiefly for שֵׁם

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

ὄνομα appears 213 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
58
Luke
32
Revelation
31
John
24
Matthew
19
Mark
15
1 Corinthians
6
Romans
5

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:2BSB

To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Acts 21:10BSB

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

John 1:6BSB

There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.

Luke 2:25BSB

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Mark 5:22BSB

A synagogue leader named Jairus arrived, and seeing Jesus, he fell at His feet

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.