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The Names of God
He is called by many names. Here is a short list of the many names for God. Most of these myself I didn't know until recently here in the past few months. Some churches use a variety of God's names with frequency, others may use only just a few.
Keep in mind this is far from being a complete list!
- Adoni: Lord God (Genesis 15:2)
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- Abba: Father
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- Elohim: Powerful God (Genesis 1:1)
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- El Elyon: God Most High (Genesis 14:19,20)
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- El Shaddai: God Almighty
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- Hosanna: Save Now
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- Immanuel: God With Us
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- Jahu: short version of Jehovah
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- Jah: short version of Jehovah
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- Jehovah: I Am, The ETERNAL LIVING ONE
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- Jehovah Gmolah: Lord Who Recompenses (Romans 12:17-21)
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- Jehovah Heleyon: Lord Most High (Acts 7:48, 16:17)
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- Jehovah Jireh: Jehovah Will See, or Provide (Genesis 22:14, John 1:29, Phillipians. 4:19)
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- Jehovah Mekkeh: Lord Who Smites (Hebrews 12:6)
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- Jehovah Mekadesh: Jehovah Who Sanctifies Me (Leviticus 20:8)
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- Jehovah Nissi: Jehovah My Banner (Exodus 17:15,16, Matthew 21:9)
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- Jehovah Rohi: Jehovah My Sheppard (Psalm 23:1, John 10:14, Revelations 7:17)
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- Jehovah Rophe: Jehovah My Healer (Exodus 15:26, Matthew 11:45)
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- Jehovah Shalom: Jehovah is Peace (Judges 6:24, Ephesians 2:14, John 14:27)
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- Jehovah Shammah: Jehovah is Jesus (Ezekiel 48:35, Matthew 1:23, John 1:14)
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- Jehovah Tsebaoth: The Lord of Hosts (Genesis 22:14, Matthew 25:31, John 1:51)
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- Jehovah Tsidkenu: Jehovah Our Righteousness (Jeremiah 23:6, I Corinthians 1:30, Romans 3:22)
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- Messiah Ben-Judah: Reigning King
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- Messiah Ben-Yosef: Suffering Savior
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- Yahweh: My Lord, Almighty God (Exodus 3:14)
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- Yah: short version of Yahweh
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References
- Nelson Study Bible (NKJV)
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- New American Standard Bible (NASB): ISBN 1-885217-72-2
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- New King James Version Bible (NKJV): ISBN 0-7180-1086-8
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- American Standard Bible, 1901 Version
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- Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible: ISBN 0-917006-01-1
- Smith Bible Dictionary: ISBN 0-8407-5542-2
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- The Laymans Bible Encyclopedia
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