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What’s in a Name – why so important?
The Basics – El, Elohim, YHWH, Adonai
Compounds – El Shaddai, Jahweh Jireh
etc.
New Testament Names
The Name, Character & Relationship with
Man
The Agenda
Little significance in modern culture
Name communicates character.
Important
Personal Character of a Name
Naming Power; esp. re-naming
Names & Relationship – NB God revealed
His Name to His people
Why so important?
El - la God “mighty, strong, prominent”
250 times in OT Elohim – <yhla plural of El but with
singular verb YHWH/Yahweh / Jehovah – 6,800 יהוה
times in OT, never of pagan deities Adonai – y/da lord, master, owner,
superior, sovereign. 300 times; 215 times of men
The Basics
El Berith – God of the Covenant Judg 8:33 & 9:46
El Elyon – Most high God Gen 14:18
El Gibbor – Mighty God – all powerful One Isa 9:6
El Olam – Everlasting God Gen 21:33
El Roi – The God who sees Gen 16:13
El Shaddai – Almighty God – All-sufficient One Gen 17:1-2
Putting them together
First Name given for God in the Bible (Gen 1:1)
Plural word, singular verbs! Majesty; Trinity?
God, gods, rulers, judges, angels. Cf. Jn 10:34;
Ps 82:6. 2,570 times in OT
Elohim is holy, righteous, jealous, merciful,
gracious, great & terrible, forgiving & faithful
Elohim יםQהRֹלTֱא
Most English translations YHWH = LORD
caps ‘I am who I am’ and thus ‘the self-
existent One’ (Ex 3:13–15 ) I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them. (Ex 6:3)
JEDP hypothesis – different authors? Suggestion: Yahweh used in covenant
relationship; Elohim = Creator & Lord
Yahweh / Jehovah ה[ \הRו י
Jehovah-jireh: The Lord will Provide. Gen. 22:14 Jehovah-ropheka (also spelled Jehovah-
Rapha): The Lord Who Heals. Ex. 15:22-26. Jehovah-nissi: The Lord Our Banner. Ex. 17:15 Jehovah-m'kaddesh (also spelled Jehovah
Mekoddishkem): The Lord Who Sanctifies. Ex. 31:13 Lev. 20:8
Jehovah-shalom: The Lord Our Peace. Jud 6:24 Jehovah-tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness
Jer. 23:5–6 33:16
Jehovah Names
Jehovah Elohim: "LORD God" Gen. 2:4
Jehovah-rohi: "The Lord Our Shepherd" Ps 23
Jehovah-shammah: "The Lord is There" or the
“Jehovah the Existing One” (Ezek. 48:35).
Jehovah-sabaoth: "The Lord of Hosts" or “the
Lord of Powers” or “The Lord of the Armies.”
�ה ֶא�ה�ֶי ֶא#ֶׁש!�ר �ה Ehyeh ֶא�ה�ֶיAsher Ehyeh
Jesus = Yehoshua or Yeshua = Yahweh
saves Christ = anointed = Messiah Alpha & Omega = A & W –beginning & end) GOOD SHEPHERD John 10:11 GREAT HIGH PRIEST Hebrews 4:14 GREAT SHEPHERD Hebrews 13:20 WORD OF GOD Revelation 19:13 Qeo $ Kurio$ Despote$ God Lord Master
New Testament Names
ABBA (Dad) Romans 8:15 BREAD OF LIFE John 6:35 CHRIST Matthew 16:16 DELIVERER Romans 11:26 END Revelation 21:6 FAITHFUL ONE Revelation 19:11 GREAT HIGH PRIEST Hebrews 4:14 HEAD OF THE CHURCH Ephesians 5:23 IMAGE OF GOD II Cor. 4:4 JESUS Matthew 1:21 KING OF KINGS I Timothy 6:15 LORD OF ALL Acts 10:36 MESSIAH John 4:25 NAZARENE Matthew 2:23 OMEGA Revelation 22:13POWER OF GOD I Cor. 1:24 RIGHTEOUS ONE I John 2:1 SAVIOUR Luke 2:11 TRUE WITNESS Revelation 3:14VINE John 15:5 WORD OF GOD Revelation 19:13