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Strong's G3686 · Greek

ὄνομα

onoma · on'-om-ah

from a presumed derivative of the base of 1097 (compare 3685); a "name" (literally or figuratively) (authority, character)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ὄνομα (G3686)

230 ὄνομα , -τος, τό , [in LXX chiefly for שֵׁם ;] in general, the name by which a person or thing is called: Mt 10:2 , Mk 3:16 , Lk 1:63 , Jo 18:10 , al.; ἄνθρωπος (etc.), ᾧ ( οὗ ) ὄ. ( τ. ὄ ), sc. ἦν or ἐστίν (Bl., § 30, 3), Mk 14:32 , Lk 1:26 , 27 ; with same ellipsis, καὶ τ. ὄ. αὐτοῦ ( ὄ. αὐτῷ ), Lk 1:5 , Jo 1:6 , al.; ὀνόματι , seq. nom. prop., Mt 27:32 , Mk 5:22 , Lk 1:5 , Ac 5:1 , al.; acc. absol. (Bl., § 34, 7), τοὔνομα (= τ. ὄνομα ), Mt 27:57 ; ὄ. μοι (sc. ἐστίν ; cf. Hom., Od. , ix, 366), Mk 5:9 (cf. Lk 8:30 ); ἔξειν ὄ. , Re 9:11 ; καλεῖν ( ἐπιτιθέναι ) ὄ. (Bl., § 33, 1), Mt 1:21 , Mk 3:16 ; τ. ὄ. ἐν ( τ. ) βίβλῳ ζωῆς (cf. Deiss., LAE , 121), Phl 4:3 , Re 13:8 , cf. Lk 10:20 ( ἐν τ. οὐρανοῖς ); ὄ. βλασφημίας , Re 13:1 ; the name as opp. to the reality, Re 3:1 (cf. Hdt., vii, 138); as a title: Eph 1:21 , Phl 2:9 , 10 (Lft., in l.). By a usage similar to that with ref. to Heb. שֵׁם (Lft., Notes , 106 f.), but also common in Hellenistic (M, Pr. , 100; Bl., § 39, 4; Deiss, BS , 146 f., 196 f.; LAE , 123 4 , of all that the name implies, of rank, authority, character, etc.: of acting on one's authority or in his behalf, ἐν ( εἰς ) ὄ. , c. gen. pers. (v. reff. supr.), Mt 10:41 21:9 28:19 , Mk 11:9 , Lk 13:35 , Jo 5:43 , Ac 8:16 , I Co 1:13 ; of the name Christian, I Pe 4:16 ; esp. of the name of God as expressing the divine attributes: ἁγιάζειν ( ἅγιον ) τὸ ὄ. ( τ. Πατρός , Κυρίου ), Mt 6:9 , Lk 1:49 11:2 ; ψάλλειν ( ὁμολογεῖν ) τῷ ὀ. , Ro 15:9 , He 13:15 ; δοξάζειν ( φανεροῦν , φοβεῖσθαι ) τὸ ὄ. , Jo 12:28 17:6 , 26 , Re 11:18 15:4 ; βλασφημεῖν , Ro 2:24 , I Ti 6:1 , Re 13:6 ; similarly, of the name of Christ: τ. καλὸν ὄ. (Deiss., LAE , 276); πιστεύειν τῷ ὀ. , I Jo 3:23 ; π. εἰς τ. ὄ. (Bl., § 39, 4), Jo 1:12 2:23 3:18 ; ὀνομάζειν τὸ ὄ. , II Ti 2:19 ; κρατεῖν , Re 2:13 ; οὐκ ἀρνεῖσθαι , Re 3:8 ; ἐν τ. ὀ. (v. reff. supr.), Mk 9:38 16:[17] , Lk 10:17 , Jo 14:13 16:23 , 24 20:31 , Ac 3:6 4:12 , Eph 5:20 , I Pe 4:14 , al.; εἰς τ. ὄ. συνάγεσθαι , Mt 18:20 ; ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀ. , Mt 19:29 ; διὰ τὸ ὄ. , Mt 10:22 , Mk 13:13 , al.; διὰ τοῦ ὀ. , I Co 1:10 ; ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀ. , Ac 9:16 , Ro 1:5 , al.; id. absol., Ac 5:41 , III Jo 7 ; πρὸς τὸ ὄ. , Ac 26:9 . cause , ground , reason (in cl., usually in bad sense, pretext ): Mk 9:41 (Swete, in l.; Dalman, Words , 305 f.). In late Greek (Deiss., BS ., 196 f.), an individual , a person : Ac 1:15 , Re 3:4 11:13 .

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