THE NAMES OF GOD GIVEN IN SCRIPTURE

Noah, obedience.......through faith

Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

Almighty God graciously chose to reveal His Name (i.e., His character and presence by means of His acts and deeds) to the world through the Jewish people. 

Through the ancient Hebrew Patriarchs, through the great deliverance God effected by means of His servant Moses, through the eloquent oracles and admonitions of the Hebrew prophets, and most especially through the manifestation of the Mashiach Yeshua: in all these ways God has revealed His Name. 

In fact, the Scriptures make it clear that the name of Yeshua is so vital to our correct apprehension of reality that without it we are literally lost, since we are told "there is no other name by means of which it is necessary for us to be saved" (Acts 4:12).

God [The basic form]
Elohim.
God; gods. The plural form of El, meaning “Strong One.” The Name Elohim occurs 2,570 times in the Tanakh. See Isa. 54:5; Jer. 32:27; Gen. 1:1; Isa. 45:18; Deut. 5:23; etc.

YHVH

The personal Name of Adonai, the transcendent Source and Ground of all being whatsoever. This Name appears 6,800+ times in the Tanakh (rendered in the KJV as the LORD [all caps]).

In those contexts where the actual title "Lord" (Adonai) also occurs, YHVH is translated as "GOD," (all caps):

KJV Note: YHVH is transliterated as "Jehovah" in four passages where the name is particularly stressed (Exo 6:3; Psa 83:18 [H 19]; Isa 12:2; Isa 26:4] and in three passages to form transliterated constructs (e.g., Jehovahjireh (Gen 22:14; cc Exo 17:15; Jud 6:24)).


The Son of God


Ben Elohim.
The Son of God (Matt. 16:16; 26:63; Jn. 6:69).


I AM THAT I AM

Ehyeh asher Ehyeh
(eh-YEH a-sher eh-YEH) I AM THAT I AM. (Exodus 3:14; cp. John 8:58).



The LORD God

Adonai Elohim.
The LORD God (Gen. 2:4). This Name shows that the Source and Ground of all being is also the personal God and Creator of the entire universe.  References: Gen. 2:4f, 7ff, 15f, 18f, 21f; 3:1, 8f, 13f, 21ff; Exod. 9:30; 2 Sam. 7:25; 2 Kgs 19:19; 1 Chr. 17:16f; 28:20; 2 Chr. 1:9; 6:41f; Psa. 72:18; 84:11; Jonah 4:6.

The God of Abraham

Elohei Avraham.The God of Abraham (Ex. 3:15).



The LORD my God

Adonai Elohai.The LORD my God (Psalm 13:3).


The God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob


Elohei Avraham elohei Yitschak velohei Ya’akov.
The God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob (Ex. 3:15).




The LORD our Father


Adonai Avinu.
The LORD our Father (Isa. 64:8).



The LORD Most High God


Adonai El Elyon.
The LORD Most High God (Gen. 14:22; Psalm 7:17; Psalm 47:2).



The LORD God of Israel


Adonai Elohei Yisrael.
The LORD God of Israel. Identifies YHVH as the God of Israel in contrast to the false gods of the nations (Isa. 17:6).

The God of my kindness

Elohei Chasdi.
God of my Kindness (Ps. 59:17).
From chesed, the covenantal faithfulness (of God). See also Psalm 89:29; 144:2.

The LORD who sees


Adonai Yir'eh.
The LORD who sees; Gen. 22:14; Adonai sees all and knows our needs intimately (rendered in the KJV as Jehovahjireh). Sometimes transliterated as "Jehovah Jirah" or "Jehovah Jireh."


The LORD your Sanctifier


Adonai Mekaddishkhem.
"The Lord your Sanctifier." Portrays the Lord as our means of sanctification or as the one who sets believers apart for His purposes (Ex. 31:13).

The God of gods

Elohei Haelohim.
The God of gods (Deut. 10:17; Josh. 22:22; Ps. 136:2).

The LORD my Miracle


Adonai Nissi.
The LORD my Miracle, or The LORD my Banner; (Ex. 17:15) (rendered in the KJV as the Jehovahnissi).




The LORD our Maker


Adonai Osenu.
The LORD our Maker (Ps. 95:6).


The LORD our Righteousness

Adonai Tzidkenu (or Tsidkeinu).
The LORD our Righteousness (Jer. 23:6, 33:16).



The LORD of hosts

Adonai Tseva'ot.
The LORD of armies (or hosts).
Tsava means army.
References: Exo 12:41; 1 Sam. 1:11; 4:4; 15:2; 17:45; 2 Sam. 6:2, 18; 7:8, 26f; 1 Ki. 18:15; 2 Ki. 3:14; 1 Chr. 17:7, 24; Ps. 24:10; 46:8, 12; 48:9; 59:6; 69:7; 80:5, 20; 84:2, 4, 9, 13; 89:9; Isa. 1:9, 24; 3:1, 15; 5:7, etc.; Amos 4:13; 5:14ff, 27; 6:8; Mic. 4:4; Nah. 2:14; 3:5; Hab. 2:13; Zeph. 2:9f; Hag. 1:2, 5, 7, 9, 14; 2:4, 6ff, 11, 23; Zech. 1:3f, 6, 12, 14, etc.; Mal. 1:4, 6, 8ff, 13f; 2:2, 4, 7f, 12, 16; 3:1, 5, 7, 10ff, 14, 17, 19, 21.



The LORD my Shepherd

Adonai Ro'i. (ro-ee)
The LORD my Shepherd (Ps. 23:1, Ez. 34:2).



The LORD who heals you


Adonai Roph'ekha.
The LORD who heals you; The LORD your healer; (Ex. 15:26). Sometimes mistakenly named the LORD our Healer.



The LORD of peace


Adonai Shalom.
The LORD of Peace (Judges 6:24) (rendered in the KJV as Jehovahshalom).



The LORD your God

Adonai Eloheikhem.
"The LORD your [pl.] God" (Lev. 19:3).


The LORD my Rock and Redeemer


Adonai Tsuri v'goali.
"The LORD my Rock and my Redeemer" (Psalm 19:14[5h]).


The LORD God of David

Adonai Elohei David.
"The LORD God of David" (Isaiah 38:5).


The LORD my Rock


Adonai Sal'i.
The LORD my Rock (or Hiding Place, as in the crag of a cliff) (Psalm 18:2).


The Angel of the LORD
[WAS] YHVH Himself, exercising divine prerogatives and receiving worship (see Genesis 16:7, 9, 11; Exodus 3:2-6; Judges 13:21-22).

References: Genesis 16:7, 9ff; 22:11, 15; Numbers 22:22ff, 31f, 34f; Judges 2:1, 4; 5:23; 6:11f, 21f; 13:3, 13, 15ff, 20f; 1 Kings 19:7; 2 Kings 1:15; 19:35; 1 Chronicles 21:16, 30; Psalm 34:8; Isaiah 37:36; Haggai 1:13; Zechariah 1:11f; 3:1, 6; Malachi 2:7.

Note: The Aramaic Targum of Onkelos (Genesis 16:13) identifies the Angel of the Lord with the Shekhinah, the concrete manifestation of the presence of God.


God of -

Elohei.
God of -; a “construct form” that never appears without a qualifying descriptor.



My God


Elohai.
My God.
Elohim with personal pronoun suffix indicating 1st person singular.



The God of my strength



Elohei Ma’uzzi.
God of my Strength (2 Sam. 22:33; Ps. 31:5; 43:2).




The God who is near

Elohei Mikkarov.
God who is near (Jer. 23:23).
This Title for God acknowledges His immanence within all.


The God who is far

Elohei Merachok.
God who is far (Jer. 23:23).
This Title for God acknowledges His transcendence above all.


The God of heights

Elohei Marom.
God of Heights (Micah 6:6).


The God of Justice

Elohei Mishpat.
God of Justice (Isa. 30:18).


The God of Hosts


Elohei Tseva’ot.
Elohei Tseva’ot.
God of hosts or God of armies (2 Sam. 5:10).


The God of Rock


Elohei Tzur.
God of Rock (2 Sam. 22:47).
Rock is poetically used to indicate the strength of God as the ground of all being in the universe.


The Eternal God

Elohei Kedem.
God of the beginning; Eternal God (Deut. 33:27).





The God of my praise

Elohei Tehillati.
God of my Praise (Ps. 109:1).
From Tehillah, praise, hymn, or psalm. Tehillim is the book of Psalms in Hebrew.


Our God

Eloheynu.
Our God (Ex. 3:18).
Pronominal form that is common in many Hebrew blessings and prayers.


The God of our fathers

Elohei Avotenu.
The God of our fathers (Deut 26:7; 1 Chron. 12:17).


God our father

Elohim Avinu.
God our Father.



God in heaven

Elohim Bashamayim.
God in heaven (2 Chron 20:6).



The God of truth

Elohim Emet.
The God of truth (Jer. 10:10).



The God of Nahor

Elohei Nachor.
The God of Nahor (Abraham’s brother) (Gen. 31:53).


God the father

Elohim HaAv.
God the Father (Jn. 6:27; 1 Co. 8:6; Gal. 1:1, 3; Eph. 6:23; Phil. 2:11; 1 Thess. 1:1; 2 Tim. 1:2; Tit. 1:4; 1 Pet. 1:2; 2 Pet. 1:17; 2 Jn. 1:3; Jude 1:1).

The Living God

Elohim Chayim.
The Living God (Deut. 5:26; Jos. 3:10; 1 Sam. 17:26, 36; 2 Ki. 19:4, 16; Ps. 42:2; 84:2; Isa. 37:4, 17; Jer. 10:10; 23:36; Dan. 6:20, 26; Hos. 1:10; Matt. 16:16; 26:63; Jn. 6:69; Acts 14:15; Rom. 9:26; 2 Co. 3:3; 6:16; 1 Tim. 3:15; 4:10; 6:17; Heb. 3:12; 9:14; 10:31; 12:22; Rev. 7:2).



The God of the living

Elohei HaChayim.
The God of the Living (Mk. 12:27).


The God of the spirits of all flesh

Elohei haruchot l’chol-basar.
God of the spirits of all flesh (Num. 16:22; 27:16).


The Spirit of God

Ruach Elohim.
The Spirit of God.
References: Gen. 1:2; Gen. 41:38; Exod. 31:3; 35:31; Num. 24:2; 1 Sam. 10:10; 11:6; 16:15f, 23; 18:10; 19:20, 23; 2 Chr. 15:1; 2 Chr. 24:20.
 
In many of these references note that the Spirit of God “came upon” an individual and enabled him to speak or act on behalf of YHVH.



The Spirit of the LORD

Ruach Adonai.
References: Jdg. 3:10; 6:34; 11:29; 13:25; 14:6, 19; 15:14; 1 Sam. 10:6; 16:13,4; 19:9; 2 Sam. 23:2; 1 Ki. 18:12; 22:24; 2 Ki. 2:16; 2 Chr. 18:23; 20:14; Isa. 11:2; 40:7, 13; 59:19; 63:14; Ezek. 11:5; Hos. 13:15; Mic. 2:7; 3:8.

Note: A distinction was made by ancient Jewish authorities between the "Spirit of the Lord" and the Shekhinah, or the (tangible) presence of God. This distinction is made in the Talmud, which gives a list of things found in the first Temple in Jerusalem, but missing in the second Temple. The Shekhinah may have referred to God's actual dwelling within the Holy of Holies, and God's presence emanating outward from it in a special way.


The Holy Spirit

Ruach Hakkodesh.
The Holy Spirit.
Reference: Psalm 51:11


The Spirit of the LORD God

Ruach Adonai Adonai.

The Spirit of the LORD God.
Reference: Isaiah 61:1


The Spirit of God


Ruach-El.

“The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.”(Job 33:4)


There are people out there who want to find the "perfect Name" for the LORD, and often focus in on the Name YHVH (????) in the pages of Tanakh.... In Jewish tradition, of course, it is forbidden to utter this Name (except by the High Priest during the Yom Kippur ceremony) and therefore various substitutions are used in its place. This custom is meant to avoid breaking the Third Commandment, "you shall not lift up the Name of the LORD in vain (lashav),  a word that means in an empty or thoughtless manner (the LXX translates lashav as ??? ??????, "worthlessly" or "thoughtlessly"). Obviously "lifting up the Name" of God lashav includes the use of profanity, but it also includes "lip-service" expressions of faith, mechanical confessions, heartless acts of service, etc. The prohibition, in other words, means that God wants you to engage Him with "kavanah" (concentration): You cannot "call upon His Name" without first exercising reverence by recognizing His all-consuming glory and power...


When we bless others we are exercising our likeness to God ("lifting up the name"), but when we curse others, we do the opposite.  "Life and death are in the power of the tongue" (Prov. 18:21). The false prophet Balaam (bil'am)  was named "swallowing the people" by his mother.


Getting back to the Name of God... There are hundreds of Names and Titles, each one revealing something about the attributes and character of the LORD, and each one therefore worthy of study and appreciation.

Knowing the Name of God "objectively," then, is about truth, power, invocation.

Knowing the Name is about Hebrew letters, about sounds, about symbols, and ultimately about obtaining of spiritual power.

The main Name, the personal Name, is YHVH. [Many do not know or accept this but God has revealed to His true Church, the correct pronouncation of His Name is Yahweh-Elohim].

It is interesting to note that though the Greek language was capable of transliterating this Name, it was never done, not in the the Septuagint (i.e., the ancient Greek translation of the OT), nor in the Greek New Testament.

God is not as concerned about your "orthodox terminology" as much as he is looking for you to passionately and truly seek His face.  The service of your lips must be accompanied with genuine service of the heart, lest the Name be used "lashav" - in vain...  The same can be said about invoking the Name of God.  God is not a snob.  He doesn't get offended if someone might "lisp" His Name or tangle up their words when they call upon Him... God looks at the heart and to see if the soul truly wants His Holy Presence. As the prophet said, "You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart, and I will be found by you, declares the LORD" (Jer. 29:13-14).

Knowing the Name of the LORD means being in a personal, vital, and all-important relationship with the truth. The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of Truth. This means understanding God's character as "merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, extending kindness to the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin" (Exod. 34:6-7).

Since the Hebrew idea of word  is coextensive with truth (i.e., "thing"), Jesus is called the Word of God who represents the Name of God to all who trust in Him (John 17:26, Heb. 1:3). Jesus (Yeshua) is the Name of God, the "thing" of God, the "substance" of God, the "exact imprint and representation of His nature,"

Yeshua's [Jesus] most common Name for God that we know about was "Father".

NOTE THAT THE NAME GOD ORIGINALLY GAVE JESUS WAS Y'SHUA. THE JEWISH TRANSLATION IS 'YESHUA' BUT THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT IT WAS YAHSHUA, THE SON OF YAH [GOD-YAHWEH ELOHIM].