THE HEBREW NAMES OF GOD
Lynda MacDonald, Nova Scotia
The different names of
God in scripture are more than fillers on a page. The names reveal to us who
God is. He is so immense in His character
and attributes that one name can never describe who and what He is.
As we pray, it
will open our faith up to use the Name (HaShem) that
most describes how we view God in a particular situation.
For example- when
healing is needed, we can pray “ Jehovah Rophe, You are the great healer…” When we
need peace to reign inside of us, we pray “Jehovah Shalom, You are peace….”
El- El is a single
title that appears 250 times. It stands for the character of His strength.
Elohim – (Genesis 1:1)
Creator, Supreme God
Adonai –LORD –Master,
Possessor, Owner (Exodus 13:17)
El Elyon – The Most High God –(Genesis
14:18)
El Roi – God Sees Me –Genesis 16:13
El Shaddai – The Almighty God; God all-Powerful
(Genesis 17:1-2) This is a feminine title so we understand
that God knows how to nurture us like a mother.
El Olam –The Everlasting God (Genesis 21:33)
El Gibbor – The Mighty God (God is the Warrior)(Isaiah 9:6)
El Illaya – The Most High (Aramaic) meaning No other
Being is Higher (Daniel 3:26)
Melehk Elyon –King on High
(Genesis 14:18)
Melehk ha Olam –King of the Universe (Genesis 21:33)
Shekinah –The very
Presence of God
Tzur –The Rock (Deut
32:4)
Adonai Tziv’ot - LORD of Hosts
Av ha Rahamin –Merciful Father
Rofeh Olam –Healer of the
World
Ein Sof – God Who Has no
End
Jehovah (YHVH) –The LORD -used over 6000 times in scripture. It is
often combined as in the LORD God Adonai Jehovah.
(Genesis 2:4)
Names combined
with Jehovah
Jehovah Nessi- THE LORD MY
BANNER (Exodus 17:15)
Jehovah Rophe - THE LORD WHO HEALS (Exodus 15:26)
Jehovah Jireh- THE LORD WHO
PROVIDES (Genesis 22:14)
Jehovah Tzadekenu –THE LORD OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS (Jeremiah 33:16)
Jehovah Shalom – THE LORD OF
PEACE (THE LORD WHO IS PEACE) (Judges 6:24)
Jehovah Rohi –THE LORD, MY
SHEPHERD (Psalm 23:1)
Jehovah M’Kaddesh – GOD OUR
SANCTIFIER (Ezekiel 37:28)
Jehovah Shammah –THE LORD WHO
CARES FOR US (servant) (Ezekiel 48:35)
El Chai –THE LIVING GOD ((Jeremiah 10:10)
El Kanna –THE JEALOUS GOD (Exodus 20:5)
El Hannun –THE MERCIFUL GOD (Deut 4:31)
El Avraham, Yitzak V-Yacov –THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB (Exodus 3:15)
Yeshua –SALVATION
The
Son inherited a more excellent name - Hebrews 1:4. From where did the Son
inherit His name? From the Father, of course.
Consequently, He could only inherit from the Father what the Father Himself
possessed. Did the Father possess the name Jesus? The answer seems quite
apparent especially when one keeps in mind that the Father is addressed by the
abbreviated name Yah (Yeh) forty-nine
times in the Old Testament (Psalm 68:4; etc.), which can only be found in the
Hebrew name Yehshua.
Books-
“Praying The Names of God” by Ann Spangler
“Names of God” by Nathan Stone
“The Names of God”
by Ken Hemphill
