NAME (V.::,! ; Sept. and N. T., timn.La.). As the name by which an object is designated becomes that by which it is known,* and so gradually comes to represent or stand for the object, the word Name in Scripture is often used, where not a mere designation is intended, but the object itself as so designated, and thereby made known to us. It is in this sense that the word is used of God so fre quently in the Bible, in such phrases as—the Name of Jehovah, My Name, the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, etc. By such phrases is to be understood, not any appellation by which the Divine Being, in any of His Manifestations, is designated ; nor, as is often said, The Divine Being Himself, as a Per sonal existence ; but properly, The Divine Being as revealed or made known to men. The Name of God is God as revealed. Hence the earnest desire of men to know God's name (Gen. xxxix. 29 ; Exod. iii. 13). Hence God is said to put his Name in a person or place (Exod. xxiii. 21 ; comp. xxxiii. 14 and xl. 34 ; Dem. xii, 5 ; xiv. 23), by which is meant that God is revealed in that person or place. Men are commanded to put their trust in God's name, i, e., in God Himself, as revealed ; the name of God is said to be excellent in all the earth' (Ps. viii. 2), i. e., God is revealed to us glo
riously in his works ; men are said to be called by God's name (Jer. xiv. 9), because Jehovah is re vealed to them, is in the midst of them ; God saves men by his name (Ps. liv. r), i. e., by the manifes tation of Himself on their behalf ; and many other similar usages in the O. T. In the N. T. the phrase, name of Christ, is similarly employed. Men believe on his name (John i. 12 ; I John v. 13), are baptized for his name (Acts xix. 5), have life through his name (John xx. 31), are saved by his name (Acts iv. 12), are justified by his name (t Cor. vi. I), assemble in his name (Matt. xviii. zo), do miracles by his name (Mark xvi. t7; Acts xvi. IS), etc., where the due meaning of the state ment can be obtained only by regarding the phrase as indicating the Saviour as manifested for the help and benefit of men. In the same way are we to understand the baptismal formula ; men are baptised for the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, inasmuch as they are baptised with a view to obtaining the blessings which God, as the revealed Triune God, is ready to bestow [BAP Tism].—W. L. A.