New Name
Hebrew:
shem - name, renown
chadash –
new(man, thing)
Greek:
kainos - new, fresh,
recent, newly made
onoma
- name
Old Testament:
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Genesis
17:5-8 “Neither shall thy name any more be called
Abram(father
of
height),
but thy name shall be Abraham(father
of a multitude);
for a father of many nations have I made thee. I will make thee
exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings
shall come out of thee. And I will establish my covenant between
me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an
everlasting covenant, to be a God everlasting possession; and I
will be their God.”
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Genesis
17:15-16 “And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy
wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai
(prince),
but Sarah (princess)
shall her name be. And I will bless her, and give thee a son
also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of
nations; kings of people shall be of her.”
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Genesis 32:28
“And he said, Thy name shall be called no more
Jacob (supplanter,
following after),
but Israel (ruling
with God):
for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast
prevailed.”
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Zephaniah
3:20 “At that time will I bring you again, even in the time
that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a
praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your
captivity, before your eyes, saith the Lord.”
New Testament:
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Matthew 10:2
“Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first,
Simon (hearing),
who is called Peter.
(a stone)..”
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Matthew
16:17-18 “And Jesus
answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon
Barjona (son
of Johanan): for
flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father
which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That
thou art Peter, and upon
this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it.”
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Acts 13:9
“Then Saul (asked),
who also is called Paul,
(little)
filled with the Holy Spirit...”
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Revelation
2:17 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to
eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in
the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving
he that receiveth it.”
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Revelation
3:12 “Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple
of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon
him the name of my God, and the name of the city
of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of
heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.”
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