Names of God
God cannot fully reveal Himself in an earthly language. When Moses approached the burning bush and asked God who he should tell the Israelites had sent him, God answered, "I AM has sent you." I AM the English translation of four Hebrew letters: yod, hay, vawv, hay.
The Hebrew language has no vowels in it, per se. Later, vowel points were added to it for religious study. You might ask why God would give Moses a jumbled name like that. Why not?, God cannot fully reveal Himself in human language. The Jews interpreted the name, Yahweh, the true name of God. In light of the commandment not to take the Lord's name in vain (Exodus 20), the Jews began to call God, Jehovah. Jehovah is considered more appropriate when discussing God in conversation.
However, God has many names that describe attributes of His character. I will use mostly English names, but will use one Latin name, a few Hebrew names, and a Greek name.(Which I will try to incorporate into the English alphabet.) I will indicate when I'm doing so.
God's Names
Abba (Hebrew word for father)
Bread of Life
(Wonderful)Counselor
Divine One (diety is from deos, Latin)
Elohim (Hebrew for Creator?), El Shaddai (Hebrew for Lord Almighty), El Ellyon (Hebrew for Possessor of Heaven and Earth)
First Fruits
God
Healer, Helper
Immanuel (God with us, Hebrew?)
Jehovah, Jesus
King of kings and Lord of lords
Lamb of God, Lion of Judah
Messiah (Hebrew, Annointed One)
(Jehovah)Nissi (Hebrew, the Lord my Banner)
Omniscient (all knowing), Omnipotent (all powerful), Omnipresent (present everywhere) One
Prince of Peace
Q?
Redeemer
Savior
Triune One
Unifier of the Church (Holy Spirit)
Vine (the Sustainer, refers to Jesus)
Way (to Heaven, refers to Jesus)
Xpistos=Christ (Greek for Anointed One)
Yahweh (Hebrew, Self Sustaining One?)
Alpha and Omega
Hope you enjoyed, I plan to put in references soon.
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