Quotes about Naming
And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
— Genesis 3:20
The Christian role, as part of naming the name of the crucified and risen Jesus on territory presently occupied by idols, is to speak the truth to power and especially to speak up for those with no power at all.
— NT Wright
The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.
— Genesis 19:38
Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.
— Genesis 30:8
But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
— Genesis 38:29
After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
— Genesis 25:26
Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
— Numbers 13:24
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
— Genesis 31:47
So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
— Genesis 38:3
And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
— Genesis 41:52
God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
— Genesis 1:10
Christian doctrine grows disciples by teaching them to perceive, name, and act in ways that demonstrate the reality of the gospel, speaking and showing what is "in Christ.
— Kevin Vanhoozer