"to name, Lk. 6:14; to style, entitle, Lk. 6:13; 1 Cor. 5:11; to make mention of, Eph. 5:3; to make known, Rom. 15:20; to pronounce in exorcism, Acts 19:13; in NT to profess, 2 Tim. 2:19"
Definition and meaning
to name, Lk. 6:14; to style, entitle, Lk. 6:13; 1 Cor. 5:11; to make mention of, Eph. 5:3; to make known, Rom. 15:20; to pronounce in exorcism, Acts 19:13; in NT to profess, 2 Tim. 2:19
In the original Greek the word is written: ὀνομάζω
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of onomazo (G3687) across the King James Bible.
And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
Simon,(whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
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Common questions
Strong's G3687 (onomazo) is a Greek word that means: to name, Lk. 6:14; to style, entitle, Lk. 6:13; 1 Cor. 5:11; to make mention of, Eph. 5:3; to make known, Rom. 15:20; to pronounce in exorcism, Acts 19:13; in NT to profess, 2 Tim. 2:19 It appears 10 times in the King James Bible.
The word onomazo (G3687) appears 10 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3687 is onomazo, a Greek word defined as: to name, Lk. 6:14; to style, entitle, Lk. 6:13; 1 Cor. 5:11; to make mention of, Eph. 5:3; to make known, Rom. 15:20; to pronounce in exorcism, Acts 1. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
onomazo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.