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Strong's G2028 ἐπονομάζω (eponomazo)

Eponomazo means “call” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2028 — haregah (“slaughter”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2028
Language Greek
Linked Usages 35
Books 10

Strong's G2028 Quick Answer

Strong's G2028 ἐπονομάζω (eponomazo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. eponomazo (ep-on-om-ad'-zo) v. 1. to name further, i.e. denominate [from G1909 and G3687] It has 35 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include called. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Meaning
eponomazo (ep-on-om-ad'-zo) v. 1. to name further, i.e. denominate [from G1909 and G3687]
Usage
35 linked usages
Books
10 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Usage Words
called

Meaning and Definition

eponomazo (ep-on-om-ad'-zo) v. 1. to name further, i.e. denominate [from G1909 and G3687] KJV: call Root(s): G1909, G3687

Original Word
ἐπονομάζω
Transliteration
eponomazo
Derivation
Root: ὀνομάζω R1: 1909 R2: 3687
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2028. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G2028 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render eponomazo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

called Romans 2:17

How Strong's G2028 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 34 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2028 (ἐπονομάζω) appears 36 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2028 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2028 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Romans 2:17 KJV

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

Strong's G2028 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

34 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 4:17 Septuagint / Brenton

And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and he built a city; and he named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.

Genesis 4:25 Septuagint / Brenton

And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Seth, saying, For God has raised up to me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

Genesis 4:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And Seth had a son, and he called his name Enosh: he hoped to call on the name of the Lord God.

Usage Excerpts

First 35 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2028.

Genesis 4:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and he built a city; and he named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
Genesis 4:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Seth, saying, For God has raised up to me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Genesis 4:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Seth had a son, and he called his name Enosh: he hoped to call on the name of the Lord God.
Genesis 5:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
male and female he made them, and blessed them; and he called his name Adam, in the day in which he made them.
Genesis 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and begot a son after his own form, and after his own image, and he called his name Seth.
Genesis 5:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he called his name Noah, saying, This one will cause us to cease from our works, and from the toils of our hands, and from the earth, which the Lord God has cursed.
Genesis 21:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore he named the name of that place, The Well of the Oath, for there they both swore.
Genesis 25:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the first came out red, hairy all over like a skin; and she called his name Esau.
Genesis 26:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which the servants of his father Abraham had dug, and the Philistines had stopped them, after the death of his father Abraham; and he gave them names, according to the names by which his father named them.
Genesis 26:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And having departed thence he dug another well, and they strove also for that; and he named the name of it, Enmity.
Genesis 26:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he departed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive about that; and he named the name of it, Room, saying, Because now the Lord has made room for us, and has increased us upon the earth.
Genesis 30:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Leah said, It is happily: and she called his name, Gad.
Exodus 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the boy was grown, she brought him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he became her son; and she called his name, Moses, saying, I took him out of the water.
Exodus 2:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the woman conceived and bore a son, and Moses called his name Gershom, saying, I am a sojourner in a strange land.
Exodus 15:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they came to Marah, and could not drink of Marah, for it was bitter; therefore he named the name of that place, Bitterness.
Exodus 16:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel called the name of it Manna; and it was as white coriander seed, and the taste of it as a wafer with honey.
Exodus 17:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he called the name of that place, Temptation, and Reviling, because of the reviling of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us or not?
Exodus 17:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses built an altar to the Lord, and called the name of it, The Lord my Refuge.
Exodus 20:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it ye shall sacrifice your whole burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record my name; and I will come to thee and bless thee.
Leviticus 24:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the son of the Israelitish woman named THE NAME and cursed; and they brought him to Moses: and his mother’s name was Shelomith, daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan.
Numbers 13:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.
Numbers 13:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they called that place, The Valley of the Cluster, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
Numbers 32:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Baal-meon, surrounded with walls, and Sibmah; and they called the names of the cities which they built, after their own names.
Numbers 32:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took their villages, and called them the villages of Jair.
Numbers 32:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Nobah went and took Kohath and her villages, and called them Nobah after his name.
Deuteronomy 2:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These also shall be accounted Rephaim like the Anakim; and the Moabites call them Emim.
Deuteronomy 3:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Phoenicians call Hermon Sirion, but the Amorite has called it Senir.
Deuteronomy 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country round about Argob as far as the borders of Geshur and Maacath: he called them by his name Bashan-havvoth-jair until this day.
Deuteronomy 12:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose in one of your cities to name his name there, and to be called upon, ye shall even seek him out and go thither.
Joshua 7:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they set up over him a great heap of stones; and the Lord ceased from his fierce anger. Therefore he called the place Emec Achor until this day.
Joshua 22:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua gave a name to the altar of the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasseh; and said, It is a testimony in the midst of them, that the Lord is their God.
Judges 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they named the name of that place Weepings; and they sacrificed there to the Lord.
1 Chronicles 28:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but God said, Thou shalt not build me a house to call my name upon it, for thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.
2 Chronicles 12:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: and Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, in the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of the children of Israel to call his name there: and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
Romans 2:17 New Testament, KJV
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2028, grouped by book.

Genesis 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament

Strong's G2028 FAQ

What does eponomazo (ἐπονομάζω) mean?

Eponomazo (Strong's G2028) is a Greek word most simply glossed "call". eponomazo (ep-on-om-ad'-zo) v. 1. to name further, i.e. denominate [from G1909 and G3687]

How many times is eponomazo (ἐπονομάζω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 35 linked usages for Strong's G2028 across 10 books.

Where can I study eponomazo (ἐπονομάζω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2028 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

What English words translate eponomazo (ἐπονομάζω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as called. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2028 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 34 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G2028, with linked reader references where each row is available.