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The following free websites do concordance searches (in Hebrew):
http://www.snopi.com/torasearch/torasearch.asp
http://kodesh.snunit.k12.il/cgi-bin/kodesh/search_adv.pl
I don't know how accurate they are; I generally use Bar Ilan Responsa (link in @Ariel K's answer) or the Even Shoshan Concordance (book, Amazon link.)
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I'm not exactly sure. The amidah might be the most recited and repeated prayer during the services on any day.
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The Midrash (Bereishis Rabba 37:7) explains why in the times of Tanach, people would come up with "new" names based on events surrounding the birth, whereas nowadays we name people after the previous generations:
רבי יוסי אומר: הראשונים על ידי שהיו מכירים את ייחוסיהם היו מוציאין שמן לשם המאורע, אבל אנו שאין אנו מכירים את ייחוסינו, אנו מוציאין לשם ...
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