What Does Luke 6:14 Mean in the King James?
Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The list pauses over a naming act: Jesus speaks Peter as a nature-bearing name over Simon, not merely as another label.
THE MEANING
This verse speaks to you as someone whose name and relationships both carry meaning. Jesus names Simon Peter, while Andrew is named as his brother and remains distinct in the list. Identity here is both spoken and relational.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse loosens the belief that a name is only an empty label: Simon’s name is given with intention, and Peter carries the image of a stone.
THE ROOT
ὠνόμασεν
ōnómasen
GROWS FROM
ὀνομ-
Name; the Greek stem behind the act of naming.
“named” in this verse is ōnómasen. The verb for naming shares its stem with ὄνομα (onoma, name): the verse makes the act of naming part of Simon’s identity. Read as nature-bearing, the name Peter reveals something spoken over him, not just a label beside Simon.
ALSO GROWS
onoma: Name
ὄνομα
The noun shares the stem in the verb Luke uses for Jesus naming Simon.
onomazō: To name or call
ὀνομάζω
This is the verb form behind the verse’s naming act.
onomastos: Named, renowned
ὀνομαστός
This adjective shares the name stem and shows how a name can mark a person as known.
Πέτρον
Petron
GROWS FROM
πετρ-
Stone or rock; the shared Greek stem carries the rock image.
Peter is not an unexplained second name: the Greek name belongs to the same word family as πέτρα (petra, rock). The list records the name, while the rock image makes its nature audible.
ALSO GROWS
petra: Rock
πέτρα
This related form makes the stone image in Peter’s name explicit.
petrōdēs: Rocky
πετρώδης
This adjective shares the πετρ- stem and carries the same rock quality.
THE PATTERN
A spoken name can disclose the nature recognized in the person who receives it.
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.THE THREAD
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.Matthew lets the rock image in Peter’s name sound aloud beside πέτρα (petra, rock). The shared Greek πετρ- family opens the name in Luke as more than an unexplained second name.
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