Biblical language scholars...when translating the Bible from original languages how many times do you find....

Question

names that ACTUALLY translate as God?

I am not talking about what the English translation states. How many Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic words actually translate as God?

Name or Title.

Answer 1

In the Hebrew, several terms are used for God. The most common of which are "elohim", "adonoi", and "YHVH", the tetragrammaton, for which most evidence indicates was "Yahveh", but in Jewish tradition is considered unpronouncable. In the first book, "El Shaddai" or "He who is on the mountain" is used. One of the seminal passages occurs in Exodus, where God talks to Moses after Moses first goes to Pharoh, where he states "I am YHVH. I was known to the Patriarchs as El Shaddai.." meaning that the relation between God and man was to be broadened. It is really this point that the Jewish religion starts.

A parallel exists with Jacob in Genesis, who is also called Israel, and in prayers is called Jeshrun. Each name is used to indicate a different attribute.

Answer 2

Names, or titles?

Answer 3

There are many, many "names" of G-d. The divine name is the only one that is actually a name. The others describe attributes.

When the Torah was originally written, it was written without spaces between the words. There is a way of dividing the words so every word is a "name" of G-d.

Answer 4

Technically, God has no name.
"I Am Who Am", from Exodus, turns into YHWH (Yahweh) which was the unspeakable name of God, but is actually more of a refusal of a name than a name.

Pope John Paul II "...God in His deepest mystery is not a solitude, but a family, since He has in Himself fatherhood, sonship, and the essence of the family, which is love..."

Thanks for the thumb down

Answer 5

I'd suggest that you visit the source below, at which you'll find Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Here's a small sample for "God" :

Result of search for "God":
22 'Abiy'el ab-ee-ale' from 1 and 410; father (i.e. possessor) of God; Abiel, the name of two Israelites:--Abiel.
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30 'Abiyhuw' ab-ee-hoo' from 1 and 1931; father (i.e. worshipper) of Him (i.e. God); Abihu, a son of Aaron:--Abihu.
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46 'abiyr aw-beer' from 82; mighty (spoken of God):--mighty (one).
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110 'Adb'el ad-beh-ale' probably from 109 (in the sense of chastisement) and 410; disciplined of God; Adbeel, a son of Ishmael:--Adbeel.
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136 'Adonay ad-o-noy' am emphatic form of 113; the Lord (used as a proper name of God only):--(my) Lord.
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177 'Uw'el oo-ale' from 176 and 410; wish of God; Uel, and Israelite:--Uel.
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222 'Uwriy'el oo-ree-ale' from 217 and 410; flame of God; Uriel, the name of two Israelites:--Uriel.
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305 'achalay akh-al-ah'ee or achaley {akh-al-ay'}; prob from 253 and a variation of 3863; would that!:--O that, would God.
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384 'Iythiy'el eeth-ee-ale' perhaps from 837 and 410; God has arrived; Ithiel, the name of an Israelite, also of a symbolical person:--Ithiel.