The Redemptive Names of God

In the late 1980s I came across a typewritten list of twenty seperate identified names of God from the Bible. all but one were from the Old Testament. They were given to me by the chap who was leading the Bible study group with which I was associated.

They are catalogued here, with each scriptural reference being included, to save your having to go and look. The translation used is the AV (Authorised Version).

Please note that the anglicised (English) names are used, with no attempt to interpret them in modern day Hebrew as seems to be the custom among some Christians. The only exception to this is in the brief discussion about the 'tetragrammaton' in the first one. The names appear in the original Hebrew, rather than in the English text.

Yahweh or Jehovah. This is a name that is derived from the original Hebrew - which was written without any vowels - the word being called the 'tetragrammaton'. This is the four letter word YHWH, which is also sometimes written JHVH or JHWH. The European letter W is actually pronounced as a long V and its J is pronounced as a Y, both of these also occurring in the pronunciation of the European Jewish communities.

The meaning is 'I am what I am' or 'I will be who I will be'.

Exo 3:14-16 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

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Jehovah Elohim. 'The Lord, our creator'.

Gen 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

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Jehovah El Elyon. The Lord, the Most High God, the Owner

Gen 14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

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Jehovah Adonai. The Lord, the Master

Gen 15:2 And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

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Jehovah El Olam. The Lord, the Everlasting

Gen 21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

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Jehovah Jireh. The Lord, who will provide

Gen 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

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Jehovah Rapha. The Lord, our Healer

Exo 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

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Jehovah Nissi. The Lord, the Banner

Exo 17:15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:

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Jehovah MakaddeshKem. The Lord, our Sanctification

Exo 31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.

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Jehovah Shalom. The Lord, our Peace

Jud 6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

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Jehovah Shaphat. The Lord, our Judge

Jud 11:27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

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Jehovah Saboath. The Lord of Hosts

1Sa 1:3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

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Jehovah Zidkenu (or Tsidkenu). The Lord, our Righteousness

Jer 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

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Jehovah Raah. The Lord, the Shepherd

Psa 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

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Jehovah Elyon. The Lord, the Blesser

Psa 7:17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

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Jehovah Hosenu. The Lord, the Maker

Psa 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

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Jehovah Gibbor. The Lord, the Mighty

Isa 42:13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.

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Jah Jehovah. The Lord, Yahweh

Isa 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

Isa 26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

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Jehovah Shammah. The Lord, the Everpresent

Eze 48:35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.

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Jehovah Jehoshua Messiah. The Lord Jesus Christ

Mat 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Act 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.