UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to call, to give a name to, to give a title to

Semantic entry: 33.127

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Name

Definition: to give a name or title to

Sense 2: to pronounce a name, to call out a name

Semantic entry: 33.133

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Name

Definition: to utter a name in a ritual context (without directly referring to the person or speaking about the person in question)

Sense 3: to mention, to speak about

Semantic entry: 33.93

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Speak, Talk

Definition: to speak of something by mentioning the name of it

Notes: There may be certain problems involved in translating ὀνομάζω in RV EPH 5:3 · LV EPH 5:3 · Read together EPH 5:3, for the text does not mean that one should never use a term such as πλεονεξία ‘greed’ (25.22: πλεονεξία). The meaning is simply that there should never be a reason for having to speak about greed, since the people should not themselves be guilty of such behavior.

Sense 4: to say that one belongs to the Lord or to declare that one is a worshiper of the Lord

Semantic entry: 53.62

Semantic domains: Religious Activities

Subdomains: Worship, Reverence

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to name the name of the Lord) to employ the name of the Lord as evidence that one worships the Lord

Collocations: ὀνομάζω τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου

Sense 5: to be known

Semantic entry: 28.22

Semantic domains: Know

Subdomains: Known [the content of knowledge]

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of ὀνομάζω [source selector 000001][b] ‘to call a name,’ 33.133: ὀνομάζω) to be caused to be made known

Notes: It would be possible, however, to interpret ὀνομάζομαι in RV ROM 15:20 · LV ROM 15:20 · Read together ROM 15:20 in a more literal sense, so that one could translate the final part of the verse as ‘where the name of Christ had not been used’ or ‘where no one had spoken the name of Christ.’

Forms: ὀνομάζομαι