what’s in a name?
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What’s in a Name?. A look at the Names of God in Scripture. Ihsou $ Xristo $ Qeou Uio $ Swthr. The Agenda. What’s in a Name – why so important? The Basics – El, Elohim , YHWH, Adonai Compounds – El Shaddai , Jahweh Jireh etc. New Testament Names - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
What’s in a Name?A look at the Names of God
in Scripture
Ihsou$Xristo$ Qeou Uio$ Swthr
What’s in a Name – why so important? The Basics – El, Elohim, YHWH, Adonai Compounds – El Shaddai, Jahweh Jireh
etc. New Testament Names The Name, Character & Relationship with
Man
The Agenda
Little significance in modern culture Name communicates character.
Important Personal Character of a Name Naming Power; esp. re-naming Names & Relationship – NB God revealed
His Name to His people
Why so important?
El - la God “mighty, strong, prominent”
250 times in OT Elohim – <yhla plural of El but with
singular verb YHWH/Yahweh / Jehovah – 6,800 יהוה
times in OT, never of pagan deities Adonai – y/da lord, master, owner,
superior, sovereign. 300 times; 215 times of men
The Basics
El Berith – God of the Covenant Judg 8:33 & 9:46
El Elyon – Most high God Gen 14:18
El Gibbor – Mighty God – all powerful One Isa 9:6
El Olam – Everlasting God Gen 21:33
El Roi – The God who sees Gen 16:13
El Shaddai – Almighty God – All-sufficient One Gen 17:1-2
Putting them together
First Name given for God in the Bible (Gen 1:1)
Plural word, singular verbs! Majesty; Trinity? God, gods, rulers, judges, angels. Cf. Jn
10:34; Ps 82:6. 2,570 times in OT Elohim is holy, righteous, jealous, merciful,
gracious, great & terrible, forgiving & faithful
Elohim אלהים
Most English translations YHWH = LORD
caps ‘I am who I am’ and thus ‘the self-existent
One’ (Ex 3:13–15 ) I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them. (Ex 6:3)
JEDP hypothesis – different authors? Suggestion: Yahweh used in covenant
relationship; Elohim = Creator & Lord
Yahweh / Jehovah יהוה
Jehovah-jireh: The Lord will Provide. Gen. 22:14 Jehovah-ropheka (also spelled Jehovah-
Rapha): The Lord Who Heals. Ex. 15:22-26. Jehovah-nissi: The Lord Our Banner. Ex. 17:15 Jehovah-m'kaddesh (also spelled Jehovah
Mekoddishkem): The Lord Who Sanctifies. Ex. 31:13 Lev. 20:8
Jehovah-shalom: The Lord Our Peace. Jud 6:24 Jehovah-tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness
Jer. 23:5–6 33:16
Jehovah Names
Jehovah Elohim: "LORD God" Gen. 2:4 Jehovah-rohi: "The Lord Our Shepherd" Ps 23
Jehovah-shammah: "The Lord is There" or the “Jehovah the Existing One” (Ezek. 48:35).
Jehovah-sabaoth: "The Lord of Hosts" or “the Lord of Powers” or “The Lord of the Armies.”
אהיה אשר Ehyeh אהיהAsher Ehyeh
Jesus = Yehoshua or Yeshua = Yahweh saves Christ = anointed = Messiah Alpha & Omega = A & W –beginning & end) GOOD SHEPHERD John 10:11 GREAT HIGH PRIEST Hebrews 4:14 GREAT SHEPHERD Hebrews 13:20 WORD OF GODRevelation 19:13 Qeo $ Kurio$ Despote$ God Lord Master
New Testament Names
ABBA (Dad) Romans 8:15 BREAD OF LIFE John 6:35 CHRIST Matthew 16:16 DELIVERER Romans 11:26 END Revelation 21:6 FAITHFUL ONE Revelation 19:11 GREAT HIGH PRIEST Hebrews 4:14 HEAD OF THE CHURCH Ephesians 5:23 IMAGE OF GOD II Cor. 4:4 JESUS Matthew 1:21 KING OF KINGS I Timothy 6:15 LORD OF ALL Acts 10:36 MESSIAH John 4:25 NAZARENE Matthew 2:23 OMEGA Revelation 22:13POWER OF GOD I Cor. 1:24 RIGHTEOUS ONE I John 2:1 SAVIOUR Luke 2:11 TRUE WITNESS Revelation 3:14VINE John 15:5 WORD OF GOD Revelation 19:13
Is He your
Most High God & All sufficient One Master, Lord of Peace The Lord Who Will Provide Your Father? Ra’ah, the Lord our Shepherd.
God knows us by our name, shouldn't we know Him by His?
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