OLD TESTAMENT Names for God
ELOHIM –
- Genesis 1:1, Psalm 19:1
- meaning “God”, a reference to God’s power and might.
ADONAI –
- Malachi 1:6
- meaning “Lord”, a reference to the Lordship of God.
JEHOVAH–YAHWEH –
- Genesis 2:4
- a reference to God’s divine salvation.
JEHOVAH-MACCADDESHEM – Yahweh Maccaddeshcem
- Exodus 31:13
- Portrays the Lord as our means of sanctification or as the one who sets believers apart for His purposes
- meaning “The Lord thy sanctifier”
JEHOVAH-ROHI – Yahweh Ro’i
- Psalm 23:1
- meaning “The Lord my shepherd”
- Portrays the Lord as the Shepherd who cares for His people as a shepherd cares for the sheep of his pasture
JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH – Yahweh Shammah
- Ezekiel 48:35
- meaning “The Lord who is present”
- Portrays the Lord’s personal presence in the millennial kingdom
JEHOVAH-RAPHA –
- Exodus 15:26
- meaning “The Lord our healer”
JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU – Yahweh Tsidkenu
- Jeremiah 23:6
- meaning “The Lord our righteousness”
- Portrays the Lord as the means of our righteousness
JEHOVAH-JIREH – Yahweh Jireh (Yireh)
- Genesis 22:13-14
- meaning “The Lord will provide”
- Stresses God’s provision for His people
JEHOVAH-NISSI – Yahweh Nissi:“
- Exodus 17:15
- meaning “The Lord our banner”
- Stresses that God is our rallying point and our means of victory; the one who fights for His people
JEHOVAH-SHALOM – Yahweh Shalom
- Judges 6:24
- meaning “The Lord is peace”
- Points to the Lord as the means of our peace and rest
JEHOVAH-SABBAOTH – Yahweh Sabbaoth
- Isaiah 6:1-3, 1 Sam. 1:3; 17:45
- meaning “The Lord of Hosts”
- A military figure portraying the Lord as the commander of the armies of heaven
JEHOVAH-GMOLAH –
- Jeremiah 51:6
- meaning “The God of Recompense”
EL-ELYON –
- Genesis 14:17-20,Isaiah 14:13-14
- meaning “The most high God
EL-ROI –
- Genesis 16:13
- meaning “The strong one who sees”
EL-SHADDAI –
- Genesis 17:1,Psalm 91:1
- meaning “The God of the mountains or God Almighty”
EL-OLAM –
- Isaiah 40:28-31
- meaning “The everlasting God”
MORE NAMES for God
ABBA – Romans 8:15
ADVOCATE – I John 2:1
ALMIGHTY – Genesis 17:1
ALPHA – Revelation 22:13
AMEN – Revelation 3:14
ANCIENT OF DAYS – Daniel 7:9
ANOINTED ONE – Psalm 2:2
APOSTLE – Hebrews 3:1
ARM OF THE LORD – Isaiah 53:1
AUTHOR OF LIFE – Acts 3:15
AUTHOR OF OUR FAITH – Hebrews 12:2
BEGINNING – Revelation 21:6
BLESSED & HOLY RULER – 1 Timothy 6:15
BRANCH – Jeremiah 33:15
BREAD OF GOD – John 6:33
BREAD OF LIFE – John 6:35
BRIDEGROOM – Isaiah 62:56
BRIGHT MORNING STAR – Revelation 22:16
CHIEF SHEPHERD – 1 Peter 5:4
CHOSEN ONE – Isaiah 42:1
CHRIST – Matthew 22:42
CHRIST OF GOD – Luke 9:20
CHRIST THE LORD – Luke 2:11
CHRIST, SON OF LIVING GOD – Matthew 16:16
COMFORTER – John 14:26
COMMANDER – Isaiah 55:4
CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL – Luke 2:25
CONSUMING FIRE – Deut. 4:24, Heb. 12:29
CORNERSTONE – Isaiah 28:16
COUNSELOR – Isaiah 9:6
CREATOR – 1 Peter 4:19
DELIVERER – .Romans 11:26
DESIRED OF ALL NATIONS – Haggai 2:7
DOOR – John 10:7
END – Revelation 21:6
ETERNAL GOD – Deut. 33:27
EVERLASTING FATHER – Isaiah 9:6
FAITHFUL & TRUE – Revelation 19:11
FAITHFUL WITNESS – Revelation 1:5
FATHER – Matthew 6:9
FIRSTBORN – Rom.8:29, Rev.1:5, Col.1:15
FIRSTFRUITS – 1 Cor.15:20-23
FOUNDATION – 1 Cor. 3:11
FRIEND OF TAX COLLECTORS & SINNERS – Matthew 11:19
GENTLE WHISPER – 1 Kings 19:12
GIFT OF GOD – John 4:10
GLORY OF THE LORD – Isaiah 40:5
GOD – Genesis 1:1
GOD ALMIGHTY – Genesis 17:1
GOD OVER ALL – Romans 9:5
GOD WHO SEES ME – Genesis 16:13
GOOD SHEPHERD – John 10:11
GREAT HIGH PRIEST – Hebrews 4:14
GREAT SHEPHERD – Hebrews 13:20
GUIDE – Psalm 48:14
HEAD OF THE BODY – Colossians 1:18
HEAD OF THE CHURCH – Ephesians 5:23
HEIR OF ALL THINGS – Hebrews 1:2
HIGH PRIEST – Hebrews 3:1
HIGH PRIEST FOREVER – Hebrews 6:20
HOLY ONE – Acts 2:27
HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL – Isaiah 49:7
HOLY SPIRIT – John 15:26
HOPE – Titus 2:13
HORN OF SALVATION – Luke 1:69
I AM – Exodus 3:14, John 8:58
IMAGE OF GOD – 2 Cor. 4:4
IMAGE OF HIS PERSON – Hebrews 1:3
IMMANUEL – Isaiah 7:14
JEALOUS – Exodus 34:14
JEHOVAH – Psalm 83:18
JESUS – Matthew 1:21
JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD – Romans 6:23
JUDGE – Isaiah 33:22, Acts 10:42
KING – Zechariah 9:9
KING ETERNAL – 1 Timothy 1:17
KING OF KINGS – 1 Timothy 6:15
KING OF THE AGES – Revelation 15:3
LAMB OF GOD – John 1:29
LAST ADAM – 1 Cor. 15:45
LAWGIVER – Isaiah 33:22
LEADER – Isaiah 55:4
LIFE – John 14:6
LIGHT OF THE WORLD – John 8:12
LIKE AN EAGLE – Deut. 32:11
LILY OF THE VALLEYS – Song 2:1
LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH – Revelation 5:5
LIVING STONE – 1 Peter 2:4
LIVING WATER – John 4:10
LORD – John 13:13
LORD GOD ALMIGHTY – Revelation 15:3
LORD JESUS CHRIST – 1 Cor. 15:57
LORD OF ALL – Acts 10:36
LORD OF GLORY – 1 Cor. 2:8
LORD OF HOSTS – Haggai 1:5
LORD OF LORDS – 1 Tim. 6:15
LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS – Jeremiah 23:6
LOVE – 1 John 4:8
MAN OF SORROWS – Isaiah 53:3
MASTER – Luke 5:5
MEDIATOR – 1 Timothy 2:5
MERCIFUL GOD – Jeremiah 3:12
MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT – Malachi 3:1
MESSIAH – John 4:25
MIGHTY GOD – Isaiah 9:6
MIGHTY ONE – Isaiah 60:16
NAZARENE – Matthew 2:23
OFFSPRING OF DAVID – Revelation 22:16
OMEGA – Revelation 22:13
ONLY BEGOTTEN SON – John 1:18
OUR PASSOVER LAMB – 1 Cor. 5:7
OUR PEACE – Ephesians 2:14
POTTER – Isaiah 64:8
POWER OF GOD – 1 Cor. 1:24
PRINCE OF PEACE – Isaiah 9:6
PROPHET – Acts 3:22
PURIFIER – Malachi 3:3
RABBONI – TEACHER) – John 20:16
RADIANCE OF GOD’S GLORY – Heb.1:3
REDEEMER – Job 19:25
REFINER’S FIRE – Malachi 3:2
RESURRECTION – John 11:25
RIGHTEOUS ONE – 1 John 2:1
ROCK – 1 Cor.10:4
ROOT OF DAVID – Rev. 22:16
ROSE OF SHARON – Song 2:1
RULER OF GOD’S CREATION – Rev. 3:14
RULER OVER KINGS OF EARTH – Rev 1:5
RULER OVER ISRAEL – Micah 5:2
SAVIOR – Luke 2:11
SCEPTER OUT OF ISRAEL – Numbers 24:17
SEED – Genesis 3:15
SERVANT – Isaiah 42:1
SHEPHERD OF OUR SOULS – 1Peter 2:25
SHIELD – Genesis 15:1
SON OF DAVID – Matthew 1:1
SON OF GOD – Matthew 27:54
SON OF MAN – Matthew 8:20
SON OF THE MOST HIGH – Luke 1:32
SOURCE – Hebrews 5:9
SPIRIT OF GOD – Genesis 1:2
STAR OUT OF JACOB – Numbers 24:17
STONE – 1 Peter 2:8
SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS – Malachi 4:2
TEACHER – John 13:13
TRUE LIGHT – John 1:9
TRUE WITNESS – .Revelation 3:14
TRUTH – John 14:6
VINE – John 15:5
WAY – John 14:6
WISDOM OF GOD – 1 Cor. 1:24
WITNESS – Isaiah 55:4
WONDERFUL – Isaiah 9:6
WORD – John 1:1
WORD OF GOD – Revelation 19:13