Timeline for What are the different names of God in the Bible and what do they mean?
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| Aug 9, 2023 at 2:37 | comment | added | MicroservicesOnDDD | @BuhakeSindi -- I disagree with you. The word "God" does not define God, as you imply. For God was God before the Angels existed. Your word "God" must fit that definition. | |
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| Jul 12, 2017 at 23:15 | comment | added | Constantthin | God's primary name is 'Holy'. All other names of God are secondary to that name. | |
| Apr 15, 2015 at 22:38 | comment | added | Buhake Sindi | Elohim was God before creation. The meaning of the word "God" means Object of worship. Since there was no existence of anyone/anything to worship Him He was the Elohim. Elohim became God when the angels were created. | |
| Aug 26, 2014 at 16:17 | comment | added | daviesgeek | @Pacerier Yes, it is similar to an epithet, but the actual definition is "God", with a reference to the mighty power of God. Not that Wikipedia is the best source, but: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elohim | |
| Aug 26, 2014 at 14:43 | comment | added | Pacerier | @daviesgeek, Isn't Elohim an epithet meaning "mighty"? As such, why do you say "Elohim" means "God" in the first paragraph? | |
| Nov 11, 2013 at 7:46 | comment | added | daviesgeek | Ditto @rhetorician thumbs up for a good explanation | |
| Nov 11, 2013 at 0:53 | comment | added | rhetorician | @Meysam: By JEALOUS, the Bible is not talking about some petty and unfounded emotion that a suspicious husband has when for no good reason he becomes jealous of his wife's supposed paramour. No, God said clearly in the Big Ten, "You shall have no other gods before me," meaning that He will brook no competition from lesser gods and idols, the former of which do not exist, and the latter of which (e.g., money, possessions, power, fame, security, pleasure) will one day pass away. Makes sense to me. If God is indeed El Elyon, God Most High, no one and nothing can rise above the MOST HIGH. | |
| S Dec 5, 2012 at 15:29 | history | suggested | svidgen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Jehovah/Yahweh != the salvation of God. it is, rather, the primitive essence of God -- the name God gave Moses at the burning bush.
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| Dec 5, 2012 at 6:15 | comment | added | Matt | @Meysam, The archaic meaning of jealous is Hebrew for qannah, "possessing sensitive and deep feelings." | |
| Dec 4, 2012 at 23:55 | comment | added | user900 | @Ray, they are elohim according to their office, not their nature. | |
| Nov 9, 2011 at 6:27 | comment | added | Meysam | One of the names is JEALOUS. Jealous of what? | |
| Sep 29, 2011 at 16:56 | comment | added | daviesgeek | @Ray Ah, I see what you mean. Elohim in those verses refers to gods. See this article. So, depending on your translation (I have ESV), it will read elohim or gods. | |
| Sep 29, 2011 at 16:51 | comment | added | Ray | See, e.g., Ps 82:6 and John 10:34-50 (which references and expands on the former) | |
| Sep 29, 2011 at 16:45 | comment | added | daviesgeek | @Ray Men who are referred to as elohim? I don't get it... | |
| Sep 29, 2011 at 16:40 | comment | added | Ray | You say that Elohim means "God"; what do you make of men who are referred to as elohim? | |
| Sep 27, 2011 at 19:55 | comment | added | neil | The Malachi verse is Jehovah-Sabbaoth, not Adonai. | |
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| Aug 26, 2011 at 15:41 | history | answered | daviesgeek | CC BY-SA 3.0 |