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What do you know about the names of God? I will list them and give a Biblical meaning of each so you can choose you favorite one based on the meaning! As you understand the meaning of the names you can call on them for the specific situation you are faced with!
The Names Of God, Scripture Reference and Meaning
jehovah-yahweh
jehovah-yahweh
jehovah-yahweh
[ji-hoh-veh - yah-way] "LORD"(Deuteronomy 6:4; Daniel 9:14) – strictly speaking, the only proper name for God. Translated in English Bibles “LORD” (all capitals) to distinguish it from Adonai, “Lord.” The revelation of the name is given to Moses “I Am who I Am” (Exodus 3:14). This name specifies an immediacy, a presence. Yahweh is present
[ji-hoh-veh - yah-way] "LORD"(Deuteronomy 6:4; Daniel 9:14) – strictly speaking, the only proper name for God. Translated in English Bibles “LORD” (all capitals) to distinguish it from Adonai, “Lord.” The revelation of the name is given to Moses “I Am who I Am” (Exodus 3:14). This name specifies an immediacy, a presence. Yahweh is present, accessible, near to those who call on Him for deliverance (Psalm 107:13), forgiveness (Psalm 25:11) and guidance (Psalm 31:3).
adonai
jehovah-yahweh
jehovah-yahweh
[ah-daw-nahy] "Lord"
(Genesis 15:2; Judges 6:15) – used in place of YHWH, which was thought by the Jews to be too sacred to be uttered by sinful men. In the Old Testament, YHWH is more often used in God’s dealings with His people, while Adonai is used more when He deals with the Gentiles.
elohim
jehovah-yahweh
elohim
[el-oh-heem]: God “Creator, Mighty and Strong”
(Genesis 17:7; Jeremiah 31:33) – the plural form of Eloah, which accommodates the doctrine of the Trinity. From the Bible’s first sentence, the superlative nature of God’s power is evident as God (Elohim) speaks the world into existence (Genesis 1:1).
El ELOAH
jahovah-JIREH
EL SHADDAI
[el, el-oh-ah]: God "mighty, strong, prominent"
(Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 139:19) – etymologically, El appears to mean “power” and “might” (Genesis 31:29). El is associated with other qualities, such as integrity (Numbers 23:19), jealousy (Deuteronomy 5:9), and compassion (Nehemiah 9:31), but the root idea of “might” remains.
EL SHADDAI
jahovah-JIREH
EL SHADDAI
[el-shah-dahy]: “God Almighty,” “The Mighty One of Jacob”
(Genesis 49:24; Psalm 132:2,5) – speaks to God’s ultimate power over all.
jahovah-JIREH
jahovah-JIREH
jahovah-JIREH
[ji-hoh-veh-ji-reh]: "The Lord Will Provide" (Genesis 22:14) – the name memorialized by Abraham when God provided the ram to be sacrificed in place of Isaac.
jehovah-RAPHA
jahovah-M'KADDESH
jehovah-RAPHA
[ji-hoh-veh-raw-faw]: "The Lord Who Heals"
(Exodus 15:26) – “I am Jehovah who heals you” both in body and soul. In body, by preserving from and curing diseases, and in soul, by pardoning iniquities.
jahovah-NISSI
jahovah-M'KADDESH
jehovah-RAPHA
[ji-hoh-veh-nee-see]: "The Lord Our Banner"
(Exodus 17:15), where banner is understood to be a rallying place. This name commemorates the desert victory over the Amalekites in Exodus 17.
jahovah-M'KADDESH
jahovah-M'KADDESH
jahovah-M'KADDESH
[ji-hoh-veh-meh-kad-esh]: "The Lord Who Sanctifies, Makes Holy"
(Leviticus 20:8; Ezekiel 37:28) – God makes it clear that He alone, not the law, can cleanse His people and make them holy.
jehovah-SHALOM
jehovah-TSIDKENU
jehovah-TSIDKENU
[ji-hoh-veh-shah-lohm]: "The Lord Our Peace"
(Judges 6:24) – the name given by Gideon to the altar he built after the Angel of the Lord assured him he would not die as he thought he would after seeing Him.
jehovah-TSIDKENU
jehovah-TSIDKENU
jehovah-TSIDKENU
[ji-hoh-veh-tzid-kay-noo]: "The Lord Our Righteousness”
(Jeremiah 33:16) – As with YHWH-M’Kaddesh, it is God alone who provides righteousness (from the Hebrew word tsidkenu) to man, ultimately in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ, who became sin for us “that we might become the Righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).
jehovah-ROHI
jehovah-TSIDKENU
jehovah-ROHI
[ji-hoh-veh-roh-hee]: "The Lord Our Shepherd"
(Psalm 23:1) – After David pondered his relationship as a shepherd to his sheep, he realized that was exactly the relationship God had with him, and so he declares, “Yahweh-Rohi is my Shepherd. I shall not want” (Psalm 23:1).
jehovah-SHAMMAH
jehovah-SABAOTH
jehovah-SABAOTH
[ji-hoh-veh-sham-mahw]: "The Lord Is There”
(Ezekiel 48:35) – the name ascribed to Jerusalem and the Temple there, indicating that the once-departed glory of the Lord (Ezekiel 8—11) had returned (Ezekiel 44:1-4).
jehovah-SABAOTH
jehovah-SABAOTH
jehovah-SABAOTH
[ji-hoh-veh-sah-bah-ohth]: "The Lord of Hosts"
(Isaiah 1:24; Psalm 46:7) – Hosts means “hordes,” both of angels and of men. He is Lord of the host of heaven and of the inhabitants of the earth, of Jews and Gentiles, of rich and poor, master and slave. The name is expressive of the majesty, power, and authority of God and shows that He is able to accomplish what He determines to do.
EL ELYON
jehovah-SABAOTH
EL ELYON
[el-el-yohn]: “Most High"
(Deuteronomy 26:19) – derived from the Hebrew root for “go up” or “ascend,” so the implication is of that which is the very highest. El Elyon denotes exaltation and speaks of absolute right to lordship.
EL ROI
EL-GIBHOR
EL-OLAM
[el-roh-ee]: "God of Seeing"
(Genesis 16:13) – the name ascribed to God by Hagar, alone and desperate in the wilderness after being driven out by Sarah (Genesis 16:1-14). When Hagar met the Angel of the Lord, she realized she had seen God Himself in a theophany. She also realized that El Roi saw her in her distress and testified that He is a God who lives and sees all.
EL-OLAM
EL-GIBHOR
EL-OLAM
[el-oh-lahm]: "Everlasting God" (Psalm 90:1-3) – God’s nature is without beginning or end, free from all constraints of time, and He contains within Himself the very cause of time itself. “From everlasting to everlasting, You are God” (Psalm 90:2).
EL-GIBHOR
EL-GIBHOR
EL-GIBHOR
[el-ghee-bohr]: “Mighty God”
(Isaiah 9:6) – the name describing the Messiah, Christ Jesus, in this prophetic portion of Isaiah. As a powerful and mighty warrior, the Messiah, the Mighty God, will accomplish the destruction of God’s enemies and rule with a rod of iron (Revelation 19:15).
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