OT
שֵׁם יהוה “the name of the LORD”
τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου “the name of the LORD”
NTτὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ “the name of God” (1 Tim 6:1)
τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ “the name of Jesus Christ our Lord” (1 Cor 1:2)
Prepositions relating to God’s name
- Hebrew
- בְּשֵׁם יהוה
- Commissioned by God
- Ex 5:23; Deut 18:18f.
- Naming the name of God
- Dt 18:20; Jer 14:14, 15; 23:25; 29:9
- By the name of God
- Ps 54:1
- Greek
- ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι
- Josh 9:9; 2 Sam 22:50; Ps 54:1; Mk 9:38; Lk 9:49; 10:17; Jn 14:13, 14; 15:16; 16:23, 26; 20:31; Acts 3:6; 4:10, 12; 9:27; 10:48; 1 Cor 5:4; 6:11; 2 Thess 3:6; Jas 5:14; 1 Pet 4:14, 16
- εἰς τὸ ὄνομα
- Mt 18:20; 28:19; Jn 1:12; 2:23; 3:18; Acts 8:16; 19:5; 1 Cor 1:13, 15; 1 Jn 5:13
- ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι
- Mt 18:5; Mk 9:39; Lk 24:47; Acts 2:38; 4:17, 18; 5:28, 40
- διὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος
- Mt 10:22; 24:9; Jn 15:21; Acts 4:30; 1 Cor 1:10
- περὶ τοῦ ὀνόματος
- Acts 8:12
- ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος
- Acts 5:41; 9:16; 15:26; 21:13; 3 Jn 7
- πρὸς τὸ ὄνομα
- Acts 26:9
- ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός
- Mt 19:29
God’s actions with respect to His name
- Reveal
- Proclaim (Ex 33:19; 34:5)
- Save (Ps 54:1)
- Call (1 Kgs 8:43; 2 Chron 7:14; Isa 63:19; Jer 7:10, 11, 14, 30; 14:9; 15:16; 32:34; 34:15; Dan 9:19; Am 9:12)
- Put (1 Kgs 11:36; 2 Chron 6:20; 12:13)
- Make abide (Deut 12:11; 14:23f; 16:2; 6, 11; 26:2)
- Glorify (Jn 12:28)
- Keep someone through the name (Jn 17:11; 12)
- Sanctify (Ezek 36:23)
- Write (Isa 56:5)
Man’s actions with respect to God’s name
- Call on God’s name (Gen 4:26; 12:8; Joel 2:32; Zeph 3:9)
- זכר mention the name of God (Am 6:10; Ps 20:7)
- Speak (Ex 5:23)
- Take oaths (Dt 6:13; Lev 1912; 1 Sam 20:42; Jer 12:16)
- Bless (Dt 10:8; 2 Sam 6:18; Ps 129:8)
- Curse (2 Kgs 2:24)
- Come (1 Sam 17:45)
- Set up banner (Ps 20:5)
- Trample (Ps 44:5)
- Crush (Ps 118:10-12)
- Build a house/temple for (1 Kgs 3:2; 5:3, 5; 8:17, 20; 1 Chron 28:3; 2 Chron 6:7-9)
- Blaspheme (Lev 24:11, 16; Rev 16:9)
- Cast out (Isa 66:5)
- Show work and labor of love (Heb 6:10)
- Hallow (Isa 29:23)
Actions of others
- Blaspheme (Rev 13:6)
Actions without explicit subject
- Glorified (2 Thess 1:12)
- Hallowed (Mt 6:9)
- Written (Rev 14:1)
- Blasphemed (Rom 2:24; 1 Tim 6:1)
Jesus’ actions with respect to the Father’s name
- Comes (Mt 23:39; Mk 11:10; Jn 5:43)
- “The works I do in My Father’s name” (Jn 10:25)
- Declare (Jn 17:6, 26)
- “I have kept them in your Name” (Jn 17:12)
- Write (Rev 3:12)
Actions with respect to the name of Jesus
- Washed, sanctified, justified (1 Cor 6:11)
- Forgiveness/remission of sins (Acts 10:43; 1 Jn 2:12)
- Believe (Jn 1:12; 2:23; 3:18; 1 Jn 3:23; 5:13); Faith (Acts 3:16)
- Have life (Jn 20:31)
- Saved (Acts 4:12)
- Do all (Col 3:17)
- Give thanks always for all things to God the Father (Eph 5:20)
- Trust (Mt 12:21)
- “The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name” (Jn 14:26)
- Ask (Jn 14:13, 14; 15:16; 16:23, 26)
- Baptize (Mt 28:19; Acts 2:38; 8:16; 19:5; 1 Cor 1:13, 15)
- Gather (Mt 18:20)
- “The demons are subject to us” (Lk 10:17)
- Cast out demons (Mk 9:38; Lk 9:49)
- Work a miracle (Mk 9:39)
- Receive one little child (Mt 18:5)
- Rise up and walk (Acts 3:6)
- “This man stands before you whole” (Acts 4:10)
- “Signs and wonders may be done” (Acts 4:30)
- Anoint with oil (Jas 5:14)
- Preach κηρύσσω (Lk 24:47)
- Preach εὐαγγελίζω (Acts 8:12)
- Bear (Acts 9:15)
- Receive grace and apostleship (Rom 1:5)
- “Christ was named” (Rom 15:20)
- Go out (3 Jn 7)
- “Do many things contrary to” (Acts 26:9)
- Being bold (Acts 9:27)
- Speak (Acts 4:17; 5:40)
- Teach (Acts 4:18; 5:28)
- Command (2 Thess 3:6)
- Deliver (1 Cor 5:4, 5)
- Plead (1 Cor 1:10)
- Give thanks (Heb 13:15)
- “Left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife nor children or lands” (Mt 19:29)
- Hated (Mt 10:22; 24:9)
- “All these things they will do to you” (Jn 15:21)
- Suffer shame (Acts 5:41)
- Suffer (Acts 9:16)
- Die (Acts 21:13)
- Given over life (Acts 15:26)
- Hold fast (Rev 2:13)
- Not deny (Rev 3:8)
- Reproached (1 Pet 4:14)
- Glorify God (1 Pet 4:16)
- Fear (Rev 11:18)
- Glorify (Rev 15:4)
- Call on (Acts 2:21; 9:14, 21; Rom 10:13; 1 Cor 1:2; Jas 2:7)
- Write (Rev 3:12; 14:1; 19:12)
- Blaspheme (Jas 2:7)