1. Abram became Abraham (less dramatially Sara became Sarah) (Genesis 17)
2. Jacob became Israel (Genesis
3. Jsoeph was called Zaphenath-Paneach by Pharaoh (Genesis
4. Moses' father-in-law is referred to both as Reuel and as Jethro (Exodus 2:18; 3:1)
5. Gideon was nick-named Jerub-Baal (Judges)
6. Naomi wanted to be known as Mara (Ruth 1)
7. Uzziah the king is alos referred to as Azariah
8. Eliakim the king was renamed Jehoiakim by Pharaoh Neco (2 Kings 23:34)
9. Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were called Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego by Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 1)
10. Hadassah was known as Esther (Esther 2)
11. Simon the disciple was nicknamed Cephas or Peter by Jesus, both meaning “rock”
12. Joseph was nicjnamed Barnabas, son of encouragement
13. Saul of Tarsus became known as Paul, probably his Roman name
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