What's in a Name? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Simeon

The only time Simeon is mentioned as being renamed Niger is in Acts 1. Simeon was a minister in one of the churches of Antioch along with Barnabas, Lucius, and Manaen.

Answer: Hananiah

Shadrach's given name was Hananiah before the prince of the eunuchs changed it. Hananiah was taken captive along with his other two friends by Nebuchadnezzar.

Answer: Mara

Naomi was the proud wife of Elimelech and mother to Mahlon and Chilion. When her family died, Naomi referred to herself by Mara because of how the Lord had treated her. She and her daughter-in-law left Moab and went to live in Bethlehem.

Answer: False

Sarai and Abram were in their nineties when God told them they would have a son. Upon giving them the news that they would be parents, God changed Abram's name to Abraham and Sarai's name to Sarah. Sarah was one-hundred and twenty seven years old when she died.

Answer: Cephas

Andrew and his brother Simon Peter were the first disciples Jesus called to help him. While out fishing, Andrew heard Jesus teaching and went to get his brother to hear Him. Jesus met Peter and renamed him Cephas because it meant "stone".

Answer: Apollyon

In Revelation 9:11, Abaddon and Apollyon mean "destroyer". Abaddon was the king of the evil spirits and would be released by a star that fell to the earth and was given a key to open the abyss. Smoke rose from the abyss along with locusts that tortured people without the mark of God on their foreheads.

Answer: Azariah

Abednego was Jewish by birth. He was given the new name of Azariah by a eunuch prince. Along with his friends Shadrach and Meshach they were thrown in the fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar because they wouldn't bow down to him. After the men survived the fiery furnace, King Nebuchadnezzar promoted them to head of affairs for the Babylon province.

Answer: Paul

Saul was on his way to Damascus to persecute some fugitive Christians he had heard were taking refuge in the city. A few miles from Damascus, God blinded Saul with a great light and asked why Saul was trying to hurt Him. A blind Saul was taken into Damascus where a man of God named Ananias was living. Ananias healed Saul and baptized him. Saul changed his name to Paul and began his missionary work.

Answer: True

Oshea (Numbers 13:16) was the son of Nun and a member of the tribe of Ephraim. He accompanied Moses halfway up Mount Sinai when Moses was given the Ten Commandments. Joshua took over for Moses after his death.

Answer: Benjamin

Rachel died giving birth to her youngest son. On her death bed, she named him Ben-oni because it meant "son of her pain". After her death, Jacob renamed his son Benjamin which meant "son of my right hand". Benjamin had the smallest of the twelve tribes. Out of Benjamin's tribe came Saul, who later became King.