NAMES
(See also Genealogy; Jehovah; Reputation)
ability to name: g03 9/22 9
Adam names animals: w23.03 16; it-1 110; it-2 464, 1195; w16.01 29; g 12/11 10; g04 2/22 3; w89 8/1 15-16
angels: w25.05 3; ijwbq article 117; w18.05 22; it-1 107; it-2 464, 466; w13 8/1 10; w09 5/15 23-24; w04 4/1 32; g99 11/22 8; w98 11/15 5-6; w95 11/1 5
anointed Christians in heaven:
name of God on foreheads (Re 14:1; 22:4): re 199-200, 312-313
“new name” (Re 2:17): re 46-47
“other sheep” may come to know all: w20.01 26; w16.01 26; w06 7/15 12; w89 8/15 20
babies:
Africa: w09 2/1 13; w05 1/1 27-29; g92 3/22 31
Babylon the Great:
“a mystery” (Re 17:5): re 243-244
“upon her forehead” (Re 17:5): it-1 849; re 243-244
Bible names: it-2 464-466; w09 2/1 13-15
changes: it-2 466
changes by Jehovah: mwb20.02 4; it-2 12, 466; w10 7/1 4; w09 2/1 13
changes to names of false gods: it-1 233
Hoshea changed to Joshua: w02 12/1 11
incorporating “Baal”: it-1 153; w07 11/15 13
incorporating “ben” (Benjamin) and “bar” (Bartholomew): it-1 1071
incorporating divine name: w99 2/1 30-31; w86 12/15 12
multiple names: it-2 472
people: it-2 465-466
places: it-2 464-465
pronunciation: be 91
prophetic names: it-2 465-466
replacement of “baal” by “bosheth”: it-1 1224; w17.03 32
significance in Hebrew Scriptures: it-2 8, 12; w10 7/1 4
“son of” a quality: w98 4/15 20
why some individuals left unnamed: w13 8/1 10; w13 12/15 16
Bible usage: it-2 467-468; w98 12/1 4-5
“Christian”: scl 17; jv 149-150
discussion: it-2 464-468
Ethiopian names: g96 2/22 17
families ‘owe names’ to Jehovah (Eph 3:14, 15): it-2 464; w96 1/15 31; w96 7/15 10
family names:
Finnish law allows husband’s or wife’s or both: g87 11/8 30
‘Father, Son, and holy spirit’ (Mt 28:19): ijwbq articles 81, 110; it-2 1019-1020; w10 3/15 10-14; w02 4/1 11-12; wt 113-115; w01 1/15 12; kl 176; w92 2/1 13-15, 18; w92 3/15 15; w92 10/15 19; w91 1/15 5-6; w89 1/15 12; ti 22
Hebrew names: it-2 464-466; w09 2/1 13-14
Iceland: yb05 205
in book of life: w22.09 15-17
Jehovah’s Witnesses: ijwfq article 5; lff lesson 19; kr 46-48, 63; jl lesson 2; w13 2/15 4; w13 12/1 2; w12 9/15 29; jt 4-5; w95 5/15 19; jv 10-13, 26-27, 79, 82, 149-158, 261; br78 4-5
honor of bearing: w24.05 18-19
not “new name” of Isaiah 62:2; 65:15; Revelation 2:17: jv 156
Jesus Christ: it-1 438; it-2 52; w11 4/1 3; w09 2/1 14-15; w08 2/1 14
faith in Jesus’ name: w98 12/1 3-7; w98 12/15 30
Immanuel: it-1 1187-1189; w13 11/15 16-17; rs 214
‘name above every other’ (Php 2:9): w08 2/1 13; w95 11/15 30
“name” implying authority: it-2 60-62, 467; w98 12/1 4-5
“name written that no one knows” (Re 19:12): w09 2/15 5; re 280-281
“new name” (Re 3:12): w09 1/15 31; re 65
praying in Jesus’ name: ijwbq article 28; cf 19-20; scl 93; wp21.1 10; lff lesson 17; w10 10/1 6-7; w08 2/1 11-14; w06 9/1 28; w02 4/15 31; g02 9/8 26-27
the Word: ijwbq articles 119, 160; cf 23; it-2 1202-1203; w14 5/15 21; w08 12/15 12-13, 15
why named on eighth day: jy 20; gt chapter 6
knowing names of fellow Christians: km 8/94 1
meaning of term: it-2 1019
months:
pagan names used by God’s servants: it-2 1065
“name,” meaning reputation: it-2 468; g17.4 9; w09 2/1 15; w07 11/15 5-6; dp 313-314; w98 11/15 32
Name Day: ijwfq article 59
name of wicked to rot (Pr 10:7): w01 7/15 25-26
“new name” (Isa 62): ip-2 337-338, 340-341
problem of similar names:
China and Korea: g96 4/8 28-29
remembering names: w13 1/15 28-29; be 17-18; g96 4/8 12-13
Roman Empire:
citizens: w99 5/15 31
scarlet-colored wild beast:
“full of blasphemous names” (Re 17:3): re 240-244; w89 9/1 7
species of living things: g 4/12 23; g00 11/8 28
stars:
Jehovah knows each by name (Ps 147:4; Isa 40:26): w25.05 12; cl 50; w18.01 8; w17.07 18; w05 2/1 5; w89 9/15 31
Trukese names: yb97 234
wild beast:
blasphemous names on heads (Re 13:1): re 189