How many names were used to refer to God? Yahweh, Allah, Adonni are just three/ How many more are there?
2006-10-14 15:37:08 · 7 answers · asked by josephine 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
In your list only Yahweh is a name.
Allah means God, which is a title
Adonni means Lord, which is also a title.
So the answer is ONE.
In the entire bible and not just Genesis, the only name for God is Yahweh (which is in Hebrew)
or Jehovah (which is in English)
Jesus is a Lord, but Lord is not Jesus' name.
Jehovah is The Lord, but Lord is not Jehovah's name.
2006-10-17 07:44:06 · answer #1 · answered by TeeM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Name: One or more words by which a person, thing, etc. is known.
In Genesis, God is identified by Elohim (God) Adonai (Lord) and YHWH, a unique personal name. Lord and God, though titles, are often used as names, but not as a personal name. There are many other names/titles given to God throughout the scriptures, but probably not in the book of Genesis.
Though Lord and God are titles, they are also names in that they serve to identify Him. To be baptized "in the name of the holy spirit", for example, implies no personal name. The descriptive title is sufficient.
EDITED:
Note to Kari:
Actually Yahweh is used in some English translations; the Jerusalem Bible, for one, I believe. I think you mean to say that Yahweh isn't used in the King James.
2006-10-17 08:58:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allah is not in Genesis. That is the Muslim name for their God and therefore is not in the Bible! Yahweh is also not found in the English Bible. The English for Yahweh is Jehovah, which isn't in Genesis. Lord, Lord God and God are all in Genesis
2006-10-17 21:46:29 · answer #3 · answered by Kari 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
20
2006-10-15 11:40:23 · answer #4 · answered by diane10594 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God also refered to himself as I am that I am.
2006-10-14 15:53:08 · answer #5 · answered by James W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 in Genesis, but there are more.
http://www.gotquestions.org/names-of-God.html
2006-10-14 17:05:22 · answer #6 · answered by akmackinnon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought just two. Good Luck ! :)
2006-10-14 15:38:51 · answer #7 · answered by tysavage2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋