Names Of God

Created Date: 11-May-2016
An Incomplete, but General List

Last updated: 6-Apr-2023
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1 Names of God
2 Titles of Jesus Christ

Names of God

In the Old Testament, the scriptures often uses the Tetragrammaton for God, YHWH or JHVH as Yahweh or Jehovah.

This is the most common list of Names for God in the scriptures:

Name General meaning / Notes A Scriptural reference
Adonai Master Genesis 18:2, 40:1, 1 Samuel 1:15
YHWH rendered as Yahweh To Exist, To Be, Self-Existent God Genesis 4:3, Exodus 6:3
Yahweh Eohim The Lord, the God of Israel Isaiah 17:6
Ehyeh asher ehyeh I AM THAT I AM Exodus 3:14
Yahweh Maccaddesheem The Lord Sanctifier Exodus 31:13
Yahweh Nissi The Lord is my Banner Exodus 17:15
Yahweh Ro'i The Lord my Sheperd Psalm 23:1
Yahweh Sabbaoth The Lord of Hosts 1 Samuel 1:3 and 17:45
Yahweh Shalom The Lord of Peace Jude 6:24
Yahwey Shammah The Lord is there Ezekiel 48:35
Yahweh Tsidkenu The Lord of Righteousness Jeremiah 23:6
Yahweh Yireh The Lord will provide Genesis 22:14
Elohim God plural as in the Creator Genesis 1:1
El God  
El Shaddai God Almighty or God the All-Sufficient One Genesis 17:1; 28:3, 35:11, Exodus 6:1, Psalms 91:1-2
El Eloah God Most High  
El Elyon God singular Most High Genesis 14:18-20, Psalms 9:2, Daniel 7:18, 22, 25
El Olam Everlasting God Genesis 16:13
El Roi God Who Sees Genesis 16:13-14
Yehovah first used in 800AD when converting Greek translation back to Hebrew by the Masorites  
Yeshua  (This is Jesus Christ) Yahweh Saves or Yahweh is Salvation Yeshua is encrypted all over the Scriptures

Roles, Titles of Jesus Christ and the title Son of Man

The following are three excerpts from other topics:
  1. Roles of Jesus Christ
  2. Identifying Titles of Jesus Christ
  3. Jesus Christ the Son of Man

Roles

This is an excerpt from the topic on the Apostles.  Many Christians have possibly not noticed Hebrews 3:1-2 where we learn the Jesus Christ had an additional title of Apostle because He was directly sent by God the Father.  Jesus was also a Prophet, High Priest, King and God.

Title Scripture  
Apostle Hebrews 3:1-2 1 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession; 2 He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house.
Prophet Luke 13:33 Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’
Prophet Matthew 13:57 And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”
High Priest Hebrews 6:20 where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
High Priest Hebrews 2:17 Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
King John 12:15 “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.”
King of Kings 1 Timothy 6:15 which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
King of Kings Revelation 17:14 These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”
God John 10:30 The Father and I are one.
God Philippians 2:5-6 5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 
God John 1:18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
God Colossians 2:9-10 9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; 10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

Identifying Titles

This is an excerpt from the Titles of Jesus Christ:

Title Scripture  
The Word John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The Way John 14:6 Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.
Creator Colossians
1:16-17		 16 for by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or rulers, or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
Son of God Luke 1:32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;
Redeemer Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to the riches of His grace
The "I AM" John 8:58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”
Bread of Life John 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me will never be thirsty.
Almighty Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
(See the topic on Revelation 1:7)
Our Savior Luke 2:11 for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Truth John 8:31-32 31 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly My disciples; 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

 

Jesus Christ the Son of Man

This is an excerpt from the Titles of Jesus Christ:

Son of Man is a descriptive title spoken of Jesus Christ in many scriptures.  Searching for scriptures with the phrase "son of man" in the Old Testament reveal the meaning to be a human-being of weakness and frailty.  See Job 25:6, Psalms 8:4, Psalms 144:3, Psalms 146.3, Isaiah 51:12 and so many more in the Old Testament, but there is more to the meaning of "son of man" because of the prophecies in the Old Testament such as Daniel 7:13-14.

One of the key scriptural passages in the Old Testament is Daniel 7:13-14, which identifies the title "son of man" to point to Jesus Christ is the vision that the Prophet Daniel had.  The meaning of the Daniel passage is clearly pointing to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, where Daniel was gifted with the amazing vision.  There is the additional corroborating parallel passage of the Revelation 1:7 scripture verse.  Revelation 1:7 topic details more information on the remarkable event that is only one small part of the victory that Jesus Christ has at His Second Coming.

Daniel 7:13-14 13 I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like unto a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Revelation 1:7 Look, He is coming with the clouds," and "every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him"; and all peoples on earth "will mourn because of Him." So shall it be! Amen.

The full meaning of the title, "son of man", when used of Jesus Christ, is a pointer to the Role that only Jesus Christ could do for all human-beings, which is to take our place to have the full:

  1. Condemnation of God on every human-beings placed on Jesus Christ.
  2. Temporary separation of Jesus Christ from the Triune God when He was taking our place in the Judgment of God.  See Matthew 27:46 and others.  Notice "My God, My God" which points to Jesus Christ speaking to God the Father and God the Holy Spirit.
    See Matthew 27:46
    (Before death)    		 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
  3. Punishment felt at the:
    (a) Mock Trials by the Sanhedrin that humiliated Jesus Christ.
    (b) Scourging by Romans which also had His beard was pulled out of His face.
    (c) Most painful form of death at the Crucifixion

The title of "son of man" is therefore a privileged Title unto God's Glory for what Jesus Christ has done for us who have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior.


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