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Mar 19, 2024 · The sages would use this name whenever they encountered the 4-letter name in Scripture. It was freely taught to anyone who wished to learn it, and it was used by priests conferring the Priestly Blessing in the Holy Temple.
- Yehuda Shurpin
Guru Gobind Singh's Jaap Sahib, which contains 950 names of God is one example of this. The Divine Names, the classic treatise by Pseudo-Dionysius, defines the scope of traditional understandings in Western traditions such as Hellenic, Christian, Jewish and Islamic theology on the nature and significance of the names of God.
- Elohim (God) God is Elohim—He is your Creator. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) Have you given much thought to the power God used to create the universe?
- Elohim Chayim (The Living God) God is Elohim Chayim—He is the Living God. “Today you will know that the living God is among you.” (Joshua 3:10) “Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said.
- Abba (Father) God is Abba—He is your Father. “So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children.
- Jehovah-Jireh (The Lord Will Provide) God is Jehovah-jireh—the Lord will provide. “When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it.
J. Z. Werblowsky and G. Wigoder note that according to most biblical scholars, the two most important biblical names of God are YHVH (Tetragrammaton) and Elohim. Of the two names, YHVH (consisting of the letters yod heh, vav, heh) is the most frequent. According to rabbinic sages, this is the essential name of God.
- Dan Cohn-Sherbok
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The first words say, “The Lord [Jehovah] is my shepherd [Rohi].”. In the Hebrew language, it reads Jehovah-Rohi —The Lord Is My Shepherd. King David is the author of this poem, and if you know his story it isn’t hard to figure out why he coined this name for God.
God’s primary names, with many additional designations, are initially revealed in the Old Testament. The Bible also makes explicit statements about God’s names; this is particularly true of His personal name YHWH (Yahweh), typically translated as “the Lord.”.
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Modern translations of the Bible have removed the true meaning of the names of God, so we take a look at the Hebrew Bible to give us further understanding. Be blessed and grow in your faith by studying the names below.
