Quick Definition
I name, impose a name on
Strong's Definition
to name further, i.e. denominate
Derivation: from G1909 (ἐπί) and G3687 (ὀνομάζω);
KJV Usage: call
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπονομάζω: (present passive ἐπονομάζομαι); from Herodotus down; the Sept. for χΘψΘΰ; to put a name upon, name; passive to be named: Rom_2:17; cf. Fritzsche at the passage.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπονομάζω eponomazō 1x
to attach a name to; pass. to be named, Rom_2:17
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπ -ονομάζω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H7121 ;]
to name, call by a name, surname: pass ., Rom_2:17 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπονομάζω [page 251]
This NT ἅπ . εἰρ . is found in the Median parchment P Saο d Khan 1 A. .11 (B.C. 88) (= JHS xxxv. p. 28) τειμὴν ἀμπέλου τῆς οὔσης ἐν κώμῃ Κωπάνει τὴν ἐπονομαζομένην Δαδβακανράς , and so B. .11.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐπονομάζω fut. σω "to give a surname: to name or call" so and so, Thuc. , Plat. :—Pass. "to be named", ἀπό τινος or τινος "after" one, Thuc. , Eur. :— "to be surnamed", Thuc. "to pronounce" a name, Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-ονομάζω
[in LXX chiefly for קָרָא ;]
to name, call by a name, surname: pass., Rom.2:17.†
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