Why so many names of God

[theseed]

http://www.christianforums.com/t84301

I thought some of you MJ's could help, if you want to post in the link I listed above. This was posted in Questions about Christianity.

 

[simchat_torah]

Allow me to ask....
Can you define G-d in one word?

How about two?

fifty?

a thousand?


Hebrew is a descriptive language. Each name has an associated meaning. The "name" of G-d is really a description. How many words, or 'names', does it take to describe G-d?

Shalom,
Yafet.

 

[theseed]

I mean for people to post in the thread link I listed. I know God is what He is.

 

[Higher Truth]

Simchat:

Each name has an associated meaning. The "name" of G-d is really a description. How many words, or 'names', does it take to describe G-d?

HT:

Well said.

 

[Shiphrah]

I kind of looked at the names of God as more like "roles" just like a person has different roles through life ( spouse, student, teacher, sibling ect.) so does God have different characteristics.