YHWH El Gemu'ah Names of God - Part 21 LORD God of Retribution YHWH is the actual name of God, revealed to Moses. In English, it is usually spelt Yahweh or Jehovah, in many Bible translations it is written as LORD (in all capitals or small capitals). El is a Hebrew word meaning God. The …
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Names of God – part 17
YHWH El-Ashiyb Names of God - part 17 The LORD God my/our restorer YHWH is God's actual name which he revealed to Moses from the burning bush, it implies the personal nature of God and El the creator which is immeasurably beyond us. These two names are held in contrast here, a God who is …
Names of God – Part 16
YHWH El Achba Names of God - Part 16 God who hides In part 6 of this series on the names of God I looked at El Olam, God has hidden it. That name meaning that God reveals things that are hidden gradually, as we have a need to know it. It would seem that …
Names of God – Part 14
Names of God - Part 14 YAH Yah or Jah is a short form of YHWH, Yahweh or Jehovah. It first appears in Exodus 15:2: The LORD [YAH] is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; Over 50 times the word is used this way in the psalms and other poetic parts of the …
Names of God – Part 13
Names of God - Part 13 YHWH This is the big one, the actual name of God, revealed to Moses. It s represented by the four letters YHWH, the vowels are missing in the Hebrew, no one really knows how it is pronounced. In English it is usually spelled Yahweh or Jehovah, in many Bibles …
Names of God – Part 12
Names of God - Part 12 Elohim Yistraeli God of Israel This is the last of my blogs on the compound El forms of the names of God, except for those compounded with Yah forms of the names, coming up in the next few blogs. Elohim Yistraeli, The God of Israel. This name is used …
Names of God – Part 10
Names of God - Part 10 Elohim Azar God our Helper O God, [Elohim] save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might. Behold, God is my helper; [Elohim Azar] the Lord [Adonai] is the upholder of my life. Psalm 54:1, 4. A cry for help and a prayer of trust. David is in dire …
Names of God – Part 8
Names of God - Part 8 El Gibbor The Mighty, Mighty God. The word El means God, but also mighty, and Gibbor also means mighty, so we have El Gbbor, the Mighty, Mighty God. The name, in Isaiah 9:6 is part of a much longer compound name, Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom, translated as Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Our …
Names of God – Part 7
Names of God - Part 7 El Shadai All sufficient mighty one. El Shaddai, the stress on pronoucing the name should be on the last sylable, dai. There are three parts to the name here. El, the Hebrew word for God that is derived from mighty, and Shaddai, which is derived from two Hebrew words,words, …
Names of God – Part 6
Names of God - Part 6 El Olam God's name El Olam, Everlasting God in English, reminds us that God is everlasting from before anything existed through to eternity. God is outside of time. God is from everlasting to everlasting, the "for ever and ever" words that we add to the prayer that Jesus gave …
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