What is the gender of God?

[tonychanyt]

Ge 1:

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

God
אֱלֹהִ֑ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

Strong's Hebrew: 430. אֱלֹהִים (elohim) — 2598 Occurrences

The gender of Elohim is masculine.

Ge 2:

5 When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground,

the LORD
יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

The gender of Yahweh is masculine.

Ps 110:

1 The LORD says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”

to my Lord:
לַֽאדֹנִ֗י (la·ḏō·nî)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

The gender of Adonai-Lord is masculine. The corresponding Greek κύριος is also masculine.

NIV, Ge 35:

11 God said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Be fruitful and multiply. You will become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your descendants!

אֵ֤ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

The gender of El is masculine.

What is the gender of the Holy Spirit?

The Holy Spirit in Hebrew is feminine gender; in Greek, it is neuter; and as the Paraclete, it is masculine.

Jn 1:

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Λόγος (Word) and θεός (God) are masculine nouns.

There were plenty of feminine metaphoric descriptions of God in the OT and NT. However, the labels for God are overwhelmingly masculine gender.

See also

• Is God male?

 

[Aaron112]

no.
a lot of pagan nonsense and confusion in the op.

 

[JonasDaniels]

Ge 1:


God
אֱלֹהִ֑ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

Strong's Hebrew: 430. אֱלֹהִים (elohim) — 2598 Occurrences

The gender of Elohim is masculine.

Ge 2:


the LORD
יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

The gender of Yahweh is masculine.

Ps 110:


to my Lord:
לַֽאדֹנִ֗י (la·ḏō·nî)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

The gender of Adonai-Lord is masculine. The corresponding Greek κύριος is also masculine.

NIV, Ge 35:


אֵ֤ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

The gender of El is masculine.

What is the gender of the Holy Spirit?

The Holy Spirit in Hebrew is feminine gender; in Greek, it is neuter; and as the Paraclete, it is masculine.

Jn 1:


Λόγος (Word) and θεός (God) are masculine nouns.

There were plenty of feminine metaphoric descriptions of God in the OT and NT. However, the labels for God are overwhelmingly masculine gender.

See also

• Is God male?

YWHW God is a life giving Spirit. In the many scriptural references you quoted, that Spirit is described in masculine terms. That does not however, imply that God has a gender. Gender and masculinity are not the same thing. To say that God is male, is to define a Spiritual Being in earthly terms. Christ called God Father, and commanded us to refer to God as Father, because God is the Father of all things. Its a term that we are familiar with and can relate to. But in no way does this imply that Father God has a specific gender.

 

[Paulus59]

Ge 1:


God
אֱלֹהִ֑ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

Strong's Hebrew: 430. אֱלֹהִים (elohim) — 2598 Occurrences

The gender of Elohim is masculine.

Ge 2:


the LORD
יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

The gender of Yahweh is masculine.

Ps 110:


to my Lord:
לַֽאדֹנִ֗י (la·ḏō·nî)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

The gender of Adonai-Lord is masculine. The corresponding Greek κύριος is also masculine.

NIV, Ge 35:


אֵ֤ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

The gender of El is masculine.

What is the gender of the Holy Spirit?

The Holy Spirit in Hebrew is feminine gender; in Greek, it is neuter; and as the Paraclete, it is masculine.

Jn 1:


Λόγος (Word) and θεός (God) are masculine nouns.

There were plenty of feminine metaphoric descriptions of God in the OT and NT. However, the labels for God are overwhelmingly masculine gender.

See also

• Is God male?

When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. (Mark 12:25)

In other words God has no gender.

 

[Hazelelponi]

When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. (Mark 12:25)

In other words God has no gender.

However, for descriptive purposes God takes the masculine.

Just as for descriptive purposes the Church always takes the feminine.

 

[tonychanyt]

Gender and masculinity are not the same thing.

I am using the word 'gender' in the grammatical sense.

 

[tonychanyt]

In other words God has no gender.

I am using the word 'gender' in the grammatical sense.

 

[eleos1954]

Ge 1:


God
אֱלֹהִ֑ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

Strong's Hebrew: 430. אֱלֹהִים (elohim) — 2598 Occurrences

The gender of Elohim is masculine.

Ge 2:


the LORD
יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

The gender of Yahweh is masculine.

Ps 110:


to my Lord:
לַֽאדֹנִ֗י (la·ḏō·nî)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

The gender of Adonai-Lord is masculine. The corresponding Greek κύριος is also masculine.

NIV, Ge 35:


אֵ֤ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

The gender of El is masculine.

What is the gender of the Holy Spirit?

The Holy Spirit in Hebrew is feminine gender; in Greek, it is neuter; and as the Paraclete, it is masculine.

Jn 1:


Λόγος (Word) and θεός (God) are masculine nouns.

There were plenty of feminine metaphoric descriptions of God in the OT and NT. However, the labels for God are overwhelmingly masculine gender.

See also

• Is God male?

God is spirit
The Bible describes God as spirit, which means God doesn't have biological markers of gender.
The Bible uses masculine language ... true.

The Bible uses masculine titles for God, such as "Father" and "Son". However, the Bible also uses feminine images for God, such as "mother" and "midwife"

The Bible uses masculine and feminine images to reveal God to us in ways we can understand.
The Bible uses terms that we associate with masculinity to testify to God's relationship with us.

 

[Reluctant Theologian]

God is spirit
The Bible describes God as spirit, which means God doesn't have biological markers of gender.
The Bible uses masculine language ... true.

The Bible uses masculine titles for God, such as "Father" and "Son". However, the Bible also uses feminine images for God, such as "mother" and "midwife"

The Bible uses masculine and feminine images to reveal God to us in ways we can understand.
The Bible uses terms that we associate with masculinity to testify to God's relationship with us.

God is Spirit - not a man indeed; a gender is not involved although He discloses Himself in masculine terms but also has several feminine aspects in His character (tenderness, nurturing, etc.).

Yeshua the Son of God however is a man with a specific sex and gender as He is a human being.

To be masculine is to lead/take initiative and to give; to be feminine is to react/receive. In some ways we all have a mix of those, but the centre of gravity is different for the sexes.