What’s in a name? Today we discuss the names God calls himself as well as names given to Him and how those names foreshadow Jesus.
The Names of God
- Adonai – Lord (Great Lord)
- El – The Strong One (god)
- El Elohe Yisrael – The God of Israel
- Elohim – All Powerful Creator God (plural form of El)
- El Olam – Eternal God
- El Roi – The God Who Sees Me
- El Shaddai – All Sufficient One – God Almighty
- Immanuel – God with us
- YHWH (JHVH) – “I AM” (Self-Existent God / Unpronouncable Name of God)
- Yah or Jah – Short for YHWH
- Jehovah – YHWH transcribed using the vowels of Adonai
- Jehovah-Jireh – God Will Provide
- Jehovah-Mekaddishkem – God Who Sanctifies
- Jehovah-Nissi – God is My Banner
- Jehovah-Rapha – God Who Heals
- Jehovah-Rohi – God My Shepherd
- Jehovah-Sabaoth – God of Hosts/Armies
- Jehovah-Shalom – God of Peace
- Jehovah-Shammah – God is There (My Companion)
- Jehovah-Tsidkenu – God Our Righteousness