God of gods--where in the bible?

Question

What biblical verse(s) mention the words "God of gods"? And, what is his name according to the bible ?

thanks in advance for your kind help.

Answer 1

(Deuteronomy 10:17) NWT“. . .For Jehovah YOUR God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the God great, mighty and fear-inspiring, who treats none with partiality nor accepts a bribe,”

YOUNGS LITERAL TRANSLATION
"17for Jehovah your God -- He [is] God of the gods, and Lord of the lords; God, the great, the mighty, and the fearful; who accepteth not persons, nor taketh a bribe; "

>>HIS NAME is Jehovah or Yahweh from the tetragramatten JHVH(latin) YHWH (Hebr.)
>THIS TEXT goes hand in hand in the named God ,Jehovah with the following text:

Psalm 96 Young Literal Translation:

2 "Sing to Jehovah, bless His name, Proclaim from day to day His salvation...
4 For great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, Fearful He [is] over all gods.
5 For all the gods of the peoples [are] nought, And Jehovah made the heavens."

(Psalm 96:3-5) NWT“. . .Declare among the nations his glory, Among all the peoples his wonderful works.  4 For Jehovah is great and very much to be praised. He is fear-inspiring above all [other] gods.  5 For all the gods of the peoples are valueless gods; But as for Jehovah, he has made the very heavens.”

THE DISTINCT AND UNIQUE NAME , JEHOVAH appears with many named events places and other peoples names throughout scripture , here are a few off of http://www.allexperts.com >THE Allexperts Encylopedia page:

>>Jehovah-jireh
Jehovah-jireh (Jehovah/YHWH will provide) According to the Bible this is a place on top of a mountain in the land of Moriah. Abraham named this place after Jehovah provided a ram in place of Isaac his son. Genesis 22:14 Some Bibles render it the LORD will provide, with "LORD" taking the place of the Tetragrammaton"

>>Jehovah-shammah
Jehovah Shammah - " Jehovah (Yahweh) himself is there" - is the name applied to the city seen in Ezekiel's view in Ezekiel 48:35.

***NAMES of Bible persons linked with Jehovah Gods name:
>>Jehoiakim
King Jehoiakim ("he whom Jehovah has set up", Hebrew language: ×™×"וֹיָקִים) is a biblical character, whose original name was Eliakim. His name is also sometimes spelled Jehoikim. He was the son of Josiah by Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah, and king of Judah. He was also the husband of Nehushta and the father of King Jehoiachin. Both William F. Albright and E. R. Thiele agree on dating his reign to 609 BC-598 BC. He is known for burning the manuscript of one of the prophecies of Jeremiah."

>>ELIJAH(please note the anglican form "jah" in the name rather than the hebrew (yah) otherwise his name should be Eliyah--MY COMMENT)

Etmology(FROM WIKIPEDIA)
His name (Hebrew: אֵלִיָּהוּ / אֵלִיָּה, Standard Eliyáhu / Eliyáh Tiberian ʾĒliyyāhû / ʾĒliyyāh), hellenized as Elias (NT Greek: Hλίας ; Arabic: إلياس, Ilyaas) has been variously translated as "Yah is God,” "YHWH is my El", "whose God is Yah,” "the strong Yah,” "God of Yah,” "Yah is my God,” and "my God is Yah.”[citation needed]

**CLEARER PRESENTATION from allexperts:

>>Elijah (prophet)
This article is about the prophet in the Hebrew Bible. For the work by Felix Mendelssohn, see Elijah (oratorio).
Elijah in the wilderness, by Washington Allston

'Elijah (אֱלִיָּ×"וּ "Whose/my God is the Lord", Standard Hebrew Eliyyáhu, Tiberian Hebrew ʾÄ"liyyāhû), also Elias (NT Greek Hλίας), Ilia (NT Bulgarian Илия), Ilie (NT Romanian), is a prophet of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. His name has been variously translated as "the Lord is God", "whose God is the Lord", "God the Lord", "the strong Lord", "God of the Lord", "my God is the Lord", "the Lord is my God", and "my God is Jehovah".

Answer 2

His name in Hebrew is YHWH, the accepted English version would be Jehovah.

Frater Pan? Respectfully, a reference to God of gods does not in any way indicate polytheism is accurate. Jesus also said that there are many called "gods". Weren't the Egyptians and other nations worshipping their own gods? That does not make that pleasing or acceptable to the God who says "I am Jehovah, that is my name, and to NO ONE ELSE shall I give my own glory". (Isaiah 42:8)

Answer 3

If you mean "King of kings and Lord of lords", then you can go to Revelations 1:4, or Revelations 19:13-16, or 1Timothy 6:14-15...just to name a few.

However, you may be thinking more of the Hindu religion which does have a common reference to a God of gods.

Answer 4

As others have said, Deuteronomy 10:17. Interesting, isn't it? So the world view of the Old Testament isn't Monotheism in the modern sense. I would call it Henotheism -- the ancient Hebrews believed that there were other Gods, but they were commanded to worship only one. And in the Genesis creation accounts, God speaks in the plural -- "Let US make man in OUR own image." Even when YHVH gave Moses the "10 Commandments," his wording indicated Henotheism, not Monotheism -- "Have no other Gods before me, for I am a jealous God." If He was the only God, wouldn't he have said so in this passage? And if there weren't other Gods, then who was there to be jealous of? And who are these other Gods? They were mainly the Gods of their neighbors, who they demonized like any good tribal society would (Us v Them thinking extends beyond the people to the Gods they worship, thus justifying it). There may have also been other Gods that the Hebrews worshiped before they turned to the exclusive worship of YHVH. Some of these Gods are actually named in the Bible, and can be identified as Babylonian and Canaanite Divinities -- Baal, Mammon, Dagon, and Helel son of Shachar (whose name is lost in translation, replaced by "Lucifer" in the Latin Vulgate and all succeeding translations). Dedicating worship to YHVH only was a form of Tribal identity -- they wanted to be different from their neighbors. Making the Gods of their neighbors into "demons and devils" is a natural part of war and conquest -- which the history of the Old Testament is full of.

Answer 5

Deuteronomy 10:17
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

Answer 6

Good answers here so far.

I will add that "Elohim" = Gods, plural, is found in the Old Testament about 2500 times. (the Trinity Revelation given by Melchizedek, a high Son of God and under Jesus Christ, who gave Abraham some of these truths)
"Eloah" = God, singular, is found only about 250 times in the Old Testament.

But the Jewish preisthood were absolutely set then in their false Theology and rejected the preparatory teachings of Melchizedek, and then, 2000 years later, the pure Teachings of our Sovereign God-Man Jesus Christ. Today, about 2 billion Christian believers know some of these great Trinity Truths ever unfolding by Jesus Christ here in Spirit. (see John ch 16)

God has never been revealed by name; but by many titles and decriptions about His perfect nature and infinite attributes. "I AM" is His infinite Personality with infinite Volition (Will) We are each an "I am of I AM" now, thanks to our loving Creator Jesus Christ ! We may also freely choose to also be eternally "I Am finalized in I AM"

Peace and progress

Brother Dave

http://www.PureChristians.org/

Answer 7

"For the LORD your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe."

Deuteronomy 10:17.

His name is "I AM".

Answer 8

The first two answers are "right on" and correct. The
God of Creation is the great "I AM" plus He's also called
by about 50 other names (King of Kings, High Priest,
Morning Star, Lord of Lords, the great Physician, etc.)

Answer 9

its in the OT so obviously it means nothing.