New Name


 

Hebrew:    shem - name, renown

chadash – new(man, thing)

Greek:      kainos - new, fresh, recent, newly made

onoma - name
 

Old Testament:

  1. 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.”

  2. 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.”

  3. 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.”

  4. 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:

  1. Matthew 10:2 “Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon (hearing), who is called Peter. (a stone)..”

  2. 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.”

  3. Acts 13:9 “Then Saul (asked), who also is called Paul, (little) filled with the Holy Spirit...”

  4. 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.”

  5. 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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