Quick Definition
ἐπονομάζω v. 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
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ονομάζομαι
33.132 · (ἐπονομάζομαι) · Communication · Name
to call oneself, to regard oneself to classify oneself by means of a name, title, or attribution
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-ονομάζω : [pres. pass. ἐπονομάζομαι]; fr. Hdt. down; Sept. for NIP; to put a name upon, name; Pass. to be named: Ro. ii. 17; ef. Fritzsche ad loc.
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 קָרָא ;]
to name, call by a name, surname: pass., Ro 2:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπονομάζω. This NT ἅπ. εἰρ. is found in the Median parchment P Sa‘fd Khan 14-1! (p.c. 88) (=/HS xxxv. p. 28) τειμὴν ἀμπέλου τῆς οὔσης ἐν κώμῃ Κωπάνει τὴν ἐπονομαζομένην Δαδβακανράς, and so Bl.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπονομάζω (eponomazō) — to name. ἐπονομ-άζω, apply a word (accusative) as a name to a thing (dative), ᾧ γένει κέραμον ἐπωνομάκαμεν to which sort we have given the name pottery, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; who dedicates his life to [Refs 4th c.BC+], calls himself an Alexandrist? [Refs 4th c.AD+] —passive, τῇ ἀρχῇ ὕβρις ἐπωνομάσθη the name insolence was given to this rule, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. call by a name, ἀπὸ τοῦ θεῖν θεοὺς αὐτοὺς ἐπονομάσαι [φαίνονται] [Refs]; τὰς Μούσας ἀπὸ τοῦ μῶσθαι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο ἐ. called the Muses by this name (viz. Muses),[Refs]; with εἶναι pleonastic, [Refs]:—passive, to be named, ἀπό τινος after one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τινος, to be named the temple of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πατρόθεν ἐ. [Refs]; πατρὸς.. δαῖτ᾽ ἐπωνομασμένην, i.e. called after Agamemnon (compare ἐπώνυμος), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially to be surnamed, [NT+5th c.BC+]
3. generally, name, call so and so, ἀφνειὸν ἐ. τὸ χωρίον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. pronounce a name, ἐ. τὰ οὐνόματα ἐν τῷ ὕμνῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπονομάζων τινά uttering his name as he throws the cottabus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]