Names of God

[bibledoctor]

THE NAMES OF GOD
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.......Exodus 31:13 meaning "The Lord thy sanctifier" JEHOVAH-ROHI......Psalm 23:1 meaning "The Lord my shepherd" JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH.......Ezekiel 48:35 meaning "The Lord who is present" JEHOVAH-RAPHA.........Exodus 15:26 meaning "The Lord our healer" JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU......Jeremiah 23:6 meaning "The Lord our righteousness" JEHOVAH-JIREH.........Genesis 22:13-14 meaning "The Lord will provide" JEHOVAH-NISSI.........Exodus 17:15 meaning "The Lord our banner" JEHOVAH-SHALOM........Judges 6:24 meaning "The Lord is peace" JEHOVAH-SABBAOTH......Isaiah 6:1-3 meaning "The Lord of Hosts" 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"

 

[yedida]

THE NAMES OF GOD
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.......Exodus 31:13 meaning "The Lord thy sanctifier" JEHOVAH-ROHI......Psalm 23:1 meaning "The Lord my shepherd" JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH.......Ezekiel 48:35 meaning "The Lord who is present" JEHOVAH-RAPHA.........Exodus 15:26 meaning "The Lord our healer" JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU......Jeremiah 23:6 meaning "The Lord our righteousness" JEHOVAH-JIREH.........Genesis 22:13-14 meaning "The Lord will provide" JEHOVAH-NISSI.........Exodus 17:15 meaning "The Lord our banner" JEHOVAH-SHALOM........Judges 6:24 meaning "The Lord is peace" JEHOVAH-SABBAOTH......Isaiah 6:1-3 meaning "The Lord of Hosts" 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"

Those are more titles and attributes, not His personal name. What are you wanting to discuss about them?
Do you have a question?

 

[bibledoctor]

Must be the unpronounceable Tetragrammaton Bible YHWH.

 

[bibledoctor]

Do you have a question?

Does God in Jewish/Judaism theology have a male gender?...Or is God in Judaism gender neutral?...

 

[xDenax]

In Judaism, God does not have a gender.

 

[GuardianShua]

Does God in Jewish/Judaism theology have a male gender?...Or is God in Judaism gender neutral?...

Yahwah discribes himself as being male in the bible. It is the Hebrew language that is gendered.

 

[Lulav]

G-d does describe himself in male terminology.

He is called our Father, as well as speaking of Israel, Her husband.

 

[bibledoctor]

The blue manifestations of the spirit-intellect is Jehovah Lord of hosts?....

 

[Lulav]

Jehovah is a made up name.

 

[anisavta]

Jehovah is a hybrid of YHVH and ADONAI. The vowel points of Hebrew from ADONAI were placed in between the Y H V H. And the Yod was changed to a J. It would be like taking your name and your brother or sister's name, removing the vowels from yours and inserting the vowels from your brother or sister's name into yours. Voila - you now have a new name.

 

[bibledoctor]

I see.

 

[bibledoctor]

Jehovah is a hybrid of YHVH and ADONAI. The vowel points of Hebrew from ADONAI were placed in between the Y H V H. And the Yod was changed to a J. It would be like taking your name and your brother or sister's name, removing the vowels from yours and inserting the vowels from your brother or sister's name into yours. Voila - you now have a new name.

I see. Understand God bless <wave>

 

[twnsrkr]

I recall Adonai is the name of a canaanite demon.

 

[mishkan]

I recall Adonai is the name of a canaanite demon.

Ba'al (Master) and Adonai (Lord) are both generic terms, applied to pagan idols and to YHWH, alike.

 

[Lulav]

I recall Adonai is the name of a canaanite demon.

Adonai is the Hebrew for 'Lord', it is found in the bible over 400 times.

Here is an example found in Exodus

17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, (this is from YHVH)

which thou hast made for thee to dwell in , in the Sanctuary, O Lord, (this is Adonai)
which thy hands have established .

 

[twnsrkr]

I really don't care if its found in the bible or not. Mistranslation happens. Look the name up.

Baal also means "Lord". Would YHVH want to be called the same thing as Baal and Adonis? I think not. But I've been wrong before.

 

[Lulav]

I really don't care if its found in the bible or not. Mistranslation happens. Look the name up.

Baal also means "Lord". Would YHVH want to be called the same thing as Baal and Adonis? I think not. But I've been wrong before.

The distingtion is usually made with adding 'my' to Adon or Adonai. My G-d, spoken by one of his people means the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Ba'al may mean lord, but it means foreign (to Israel) gods. It can also mean husband, or master as well. :shrug:

 

[yedida]

The distingtion is usually made with adding 'my' to Adon or Adonai. My G-d, spoken by one of his people means the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Ba'al may mean lord, but it means foreign (to Israel) gods. It can also mean husband, or master as well. :shrug:

I join the shrug. Seems strange to me that people would ignore the fact that Hashem choose to use a term for Himself (so it must be okay to call Him that) and instead opt for a name which no one truly knows the pronounciation! Strange.......

 

[pat34lee]

I join the shrug. Seems strange to me that people would ignore the fact that Hashem choose to use a term for Himself (so it must be okay to call Him that) and instead opt for a name which no one truly knows the pronounciation! Strange.......

Homework for tonight: How many times is adonai used in the Tanakh, and how many times is YHWH or Yah used? Find out which he prefers, and by how much.

 

[Lulav]

It depends on which version you look at. Here is an interesting site I came across recently that might give some thought to the evolution of names

From Adonai to Yahweh