The 4 names of God?

Question

I recently watched a documentary about the 4 Hebrew names of God used in the Old Testament, can anyone recommend a good book that talks about this in detail?

Answer 1

I know this is not a book, but it does reference to which part of the Bible these names are in.

Old Testament (The Hebrew Scriptures, or Tanach):
EL: God ("mighty, strong, prominent") used 250 times in the OT See Gen. 7:1, 28:3, 35:11; Nu. 23:22; Josh. 3:10; 2 Sam. 22:31, 32; Neh. 1:5, 9:32; Isa. 9:6; Ezek. 10:5. El is linguistically equivalent to the Moslem "Allah," but the attributes of Allah in Islam are entirely different from those of the God of the Hebrews. ELAH is Aramaic, "god." Elah appears in the Hebrew Bible in Jer. 10:11 (which is in Aramaic, and is plural, "gods"). In Daniel (the Aramaic sections) Elah is used both of pagan gods, and of the true God, also plural. Elah is equivalent to the Hebrew Eloah which some think is dual; Elohim is three or more. The gods of the nations are called "elohim." The origin of Eloah is obscure. Elohim is the more common plural form of El. Eloah is used 41 times in Job between 3:4 and 40:2, but fewer than 15 times elsewhere in the OT. See the Catholic Encyclopedia entry on Elohim.

ELOHIM: God (a plural noun, more than two, used with singular verbs); Elohim occurs 2,570 times in the OT, 32 times in Gen. 1. God as Creator, Preserver, Transcendent, Mighty and Strong. Eccl., Dan. Jonah use Elohim almost exclusively. See Gen. 17:7, 6:18, 9:15, 50:24; I Kings 8:23; Jer. 31:33; Isa. 40:1.

EL SHADDAI: God Almighty or "God All Sufficient." 48 times in the OT, 31 times in Job. First used in Gen. 17:1, 2. (Gen. 31:29, 49:24, 25; Prov. 3:27; Micah 2:1; Isa. 60:15, 16, 66:10-13; Ruth 1:20, 21) In Rev. 16:7, "Lord God the Almighty." The Septuagint uses Greek "ikanos" meaning "all-sufficient" or "self-sufficient." The idols of the heathen are called "sheddim."

ADONAI: Lord in our English Bibles (Capitol letter 'L ', lower case, 'ord') (Adonai is plural, the sing. is "adon"). "Master'' or "Lord" 300 times in the OT always plural when referring to God, when sing. the reference is to a human lord. Used 215 times to refer to men. First use of Adonai, Gen. 15:2. (Ex. 4:10; Judges 6:15; 2 Sam. 7:18-20; Ps. 8, 114:7, 135:5, 141:8, 109:21-28). Heavy use in Isaiah (Adonai Jehovah). 200 times by Ezekiel. Ten times in Dan. 9.

Answer 2

Yes, I know of a whole book that talks about this in detail
and what exactly that name entails for in the name is a
hidden key to God and a eternal principle on how God
thinks and operates and how God makes decisions and it
is a principle.

A principle is defined as a operating principle that can be
applied to many things like 2 + 2 = 4 and 4 + 4 = 8, in this
case the principle of addition is the same although the
numbers or FACTS are different.

But to answer your question, the book is The Immortal by
JJ Dewey and he is based in Boise, Idaho and he is
shedding a new light on the Bible among other things.

You could also check out http://www.freeread.com
were there are links to much material as the name
implies.

But this is one of the big keys to God and we are
created in his/hers image.

So best wishes to your search.

Answer 3

There are no gods represented by either a unicorn or a pegasus or a hybrid of both. What would that hybrid be called? A Pegacorn? Or a Unipeg?

Answer 4

Actually there are 99 attributive names for real God in Islam.

Answer 5

There are many more than four names for God in Hebrew. Here's a source that will explain further:

http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Names_of_G-d/YHVH/yhvh.html

Answer 6

Genesis & Exodus

El Olam
El Shaddai

And I forget the other 2......

Answer 7

Paul, John, Ringo & George.


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Answer 8

God has many names......read the bible and you can google to find out also.

Answer 9

there are 33 caror gods here by the hindus.so which one you need

Answer 10

God does not have a name. God is nameless! If you give a name to God, then he or she is not God.