9 Bible Verses About Naming

And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

And Laban called it Jegar–sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

Wherefore the well was called Beer–lahai–roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.

And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben–oni: but his father called him Benjamin.