- name
- the name
- cause
- ground
- reason
- an individual
STEPBible TBESG
ὄνομα, -τος, τό,
[in LXX chiefly for שֵׁם ;]
__1. in general, the name by which a person or thing is called: Mat.10:2, Mrk.3:16, Luk.1:63, Jhn.18:10, al.; ἄνθρωπος (etc.), ᾧ (οὗ) ὄ. (τ. ὄ), sc. ἦν or ἐστίν (BL, §30, 3), Mrk.14:32, Luk.1:26, 27; with same ellipsis, καὶ τ. ὄ. αὐτοῦ, Luk.1:5, Jhn.1:6, al.; ὀνόματι, before nom. prop. Mat.27:32, Mrk.5:22, Luk.1:5, Act.5:1, al.; accusative absol. (Bl. §34, 7), τοὔνομα (= τ. ὄνομα), Mat.27:57; ὄ. μοι (sc. ἐστίν; cf. Hom. Od. ix, 366), Mrk.5:9 (cf. Luk.8:30); ἔξειν ὄ. Rev.9:11; καλεῖν (ἐπιτιθέναι) ὄ. (Bl. §33, 1), Mat.1:21, Mrk.3:16; τ. ὄ. ἐν (τ.) βίβλῳ ζωῆς (cf. Deiss. LAE, 121), Php.4:3, Rev.13:8, cf. Luk.10:20 (ἐν τ. οὐρανοῖς); ὄ. βλασφημίας, Rev.13:1; the name as opposite to the reality, Rev.3:1 (cf. Hdt. vii, 138); as a title: Eph.1:21, Php.2:9, 10 (Lft. in l.).
__2. By a usage similar to that with ref. to Heb. שֵׁם (Lft. Notes, 106f.), but also common in Hellenistic (M, Pr. 100; Bl. §39, 4; Deiss, BS, 146f. 196f.; 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. with genitive of person(s) (see reff. supr.), Mat.10:41 21:9 28:19, Mrk.11:9, Luk.13:35, Jhn.5:43, Act.8:16, 1Co.1:13; of the name Christian, 1Pe.4:16; esp. of the name of God as expressing the divine attributes: ἁγιάζειν (ἅγιον) τὸ ὄ. (τ. Πατρός, Κυρίου), Mat.6:9, Luk.1:49 11:2; ψάλλειν (ὁμολογεῖν) τῷ ὀ. Rom.15:9, Heb.13:15; δοξάζειν (φανεροῦν, φοβεῖσθαι) τὸ ὄ. Jhn.12:28 17:6, 26 Rev.11:18 15:4; βλασφημεῖν, Rom.2:24, 1Ti.6:1, Rev.13:6; similarly, of the name of Christ: τ. καλὂν ὄ. (Deiss. LAE, 276); πιστεύειν τῷ ὀ. 1Jn.3:23; π. εἰς τ. ὄ. (Bl. §39, 4), Jhn.1:12 2:23 3:18; ὀνομάζειν τὸ ὄ. 2Ti.2:19; κρατεῖν, Rev.2:13; οὐκ ἀρνεῖσθαι, Rev.3:8; ἐν τ. ὀ. (see reff. supr.), Mrk.9:38 16:[17], Luk.10:17, Jhn.14:13 16:23, 24 20:31, Act.3:6 4:12, Eph.5:20, 1Pe.4:14, al.; εἰς τ. ὄ. συνάγεσθαι, Mat.18:20; ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀ. Mat.19:29; διὰ τὸ ὄ. Mat.10:22, Mrk.13:13, al.; διὰ τοῦ ὀ. 1Co.1:10; ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀ. Act.9:16, Rom.1:5, al.; id. absol. Act.5:41, 3Jo.7; πρὸς τὸ ὄ. Act.26:9.
__3. cause, ground, reason (in cl. usually in bad sense, pretext): Mrk.9:41 (Swete, in l.; Dalman, Words, 305f.).
__4. In late Greek (Deiss. BS. 196f.), an individual, a person: Act.1:15, Rev.3:4 11:13.
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Abbott-Smith
the name; cause; ground; reason; an individual; a person