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The
different names and titles of God used in the Bible reveal something about His
nature and character. Let’s look at them. I will begin from the names and
titles of God written in the Old Testament (first some of His names in Hebrew
and their meaning and then His names and titles only in English), and then I
will speak about the names and titles of God we find in the New Testament.
When you read them bear in mind that some of them refer to the Son as well. |
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In the Old Testament |
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God’s
personal name is YHWH (the TETRAGRAMMATON,
meaning ‘The four letters’), which is a Hebrew name, which is pronounced
YAHWEH and which means ‘The Self-Existent-One’ or ‘He who is’ or ‘I am’. God
revealed His Name to Moses when He appeared to Moses and commanded him to go
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Yah is a shortened form of
YHWH. It means the same thing as YHWH, and is used approximately 40 times in
the Scriptures. Yah appears primarily in the book of Psalms (for example: Psalm
105:3; 106:1; 147:20; 149:1). It is also found in the compound word
‘hallelu-Yah’, which means ‘praise Yah (the LORD).’ |
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God is
called Elohim, which means ‘Gods’
but it is translated as ‘God,’ as it is written: “In the beginning God
[Elohim] created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). This name is plural
in form but it is commonly construed with a singular verb or adjective. The
name Elohim is used throughout the Old Testament over 2,300 times. Elohim is
combined with other words to describe certain characteristics of God. Here
are some examples. |
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Elohay Mishpat - God of
justice, or God of judgment (Isaiah 30:18). God is a righteous God, a Judge
who loves righteousness and hates iniquity, and who rewards righteousness and
punishes wickedness. |
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Elohay Selichot - A
forgiving God (Nehemiah 9:17). He is a God who freely pardons all those who
forsake their evil ways and turn to the Lord (Isaiah 55:7). He forgives all
our iniquities (Psalm 103:3). |
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Elohay Marom - The High
God or The exalted God (Micah 6:6). God is exalted by his power (Job. 36:22)
and above all the nations (Psalm 99:2; 113:4). His name is exalted (Isaiah
12:4) |
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Elohay Mikarov - God who
is near (Jeremiah 23:23). God “is not far from each one of us” (Acts 17:27 -
NKJV), for in Him we live and move and have our being. However, He is also a
God far away because He fills heaven and earth (Jeremiah 23:23). Nobody can
hide himself in secret places so that God cannot see him. God is close to the
brokenhearted (Psalm 34:18) but He is far from the wicked (Proverbs 15:29). |
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Elohay Mauzi - God of
my strength (Psalm 43:2). He gives us strength. The prophet Isaiah says that
“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak” (Isaiah
40:29 – NIV) and the Psalmist said: “You have exalted my horn like that of a
wild ox” (Psalm 92:10 - NIV). |
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Elohay Tehilati - God of
my praise (Psalm 109:1). He is “most worthy of praise” (Psalm 96:4; 145:3 -
NIV) and we praise His name for all the wonderful and countless things He has
done in our life so far. Each one of us must say: “I will bless the Lord at
all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth” (Psalm 34:1 - NKJV). |
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Elohay Yishi - God of
my salvation (Psalm 18:46; 25:5). He is the One who has saved us from sin
through Jesus Christ, and the One who delivers us out of all distresses and
afflictions. Salvation belongs to God (Psalm 3:8; Jonah 2:9; Revelation
7:10). |
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Elohim Kedoshim - Holy
God (Leviticus 19:2; Joshua 24:19). God is Holy. He is absolutely pure,
perfect and sinless. His name is holy. |
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Elohim Chaiyim - Living
God (Jeremiah 10:10). The gods of the nations have ears but cannot hear, have
eyes but cannot see, have mouth but cannot speak, for they are vain idols,
but He is the living God. |
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Elohay Elohim - God of
gods (Deuteronomy 10:17). He “is greater than all gods” (Exodus 18:11);
“great is our God above all gods” (2 Chronicles 2:5); He “is to be feared
above all gods” (Psalm 96:4), for all the gods of the nations are vain idols
but the Lord made the heavens, and one day He will destroy all the gods of
the earth (Zephaniah 2:11). |
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Elohay Tz'vaot - God of
hosts, or God of Armies (2 Samuel 5:10). He is the commander in chief of the
angelic armies in heaven and of the army of God who is on the earth (we are
the army of God because each of one of us is a soldier of Jesus Christ called
to fight the good fight of the faith). God “is a warrior” (Exodus 15:3); in
ancient times He fought many times for Israel against the enemies of Israel
(Exodus 14:14; 2 Chronicles 20:17). God is the One who gives us the victory,
for Paul says: “Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in
Christ” (2 Corinthians 2:14). |
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Elohay Chasdi - God of
my Mercy (Psalm 59:10, 17). God is kind and merciful to us. He is the source
of the kindness and the mercy we taste every day. |
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Elohay Kol Basar - God of
all flesh (Jeremiah 32:27). He is the Creator of all the living creatures
which are on the earth. |
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Elohay HaRuchot LeKol Basar
- God of the spirits of all flesh (Numbers 16:22). God created all flesh, and
He gives breath to the people who live on the earth and spirit to those who
walk on it (Isaiah 42:5). |
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Eloah is the singular of Elohim,
and it too is translated as ‘God.’ It occurs about 50 times in the Old
Testament (mostly in the book of Job). |
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El, which means ‘God,’ is
another name used for God in the Scripture. It occurs about 200 times in the
Old Testament. El is the simple form arising from Elohim and is often
combined with other words in order to emphasize different attributes of God.
Here are some examples. |
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El Olam - The
Everlasting God or The God of eternity (Genesis 21:33). He exists from
eternity. Moses said to God: “Before the mountains were brought forth, or
ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to
everlasting, thou art God” (Psalm 90:2). |
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El Shaddai - The
Almighty God or God the all sufficient (Genesis 17:1). With Him all things
are possible (Luke 18:27; Matthew 19:26). God cares for His people and supply
all their needs. |
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El Elyon - The Most
High God (Genesis 14:19). Height signifies power and position. |
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El Roi - The God
who sees (Genesis 16:13). “The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding
the evil and the good” (Proverbs 15:3). |
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El HaNe'eman - The
Faithful God (Deuteronomy 7:9). He always keeps His word, as it is written:
““God is not a man, that He should lie; nor a son of man, that He should
repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not
make it good?” (Numbers 23:19 - NKJV). No matter how long ago God said He
will do a certain thing, we are sure He will keep His word. His promises are
faithful and truthful and will never fall to the ground. If we are
unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself. |
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El HaGadol - The
Great God (Deuteronomy 10:17). He is indeed a great God; the Son of God,
declared that God, His Father, “is greater than all” (John 10:29). |
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El HaKadosh - The
Holy God (Isaiah 5:16). He is absolutely pure and perfect. He is totally
separated from every kind of evil. |
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El Yisrael - The God
Of Israel (Psalm 68:35). The people of Israel is the nation whom He foreknew,
with whom God made a covenant, and to whom God revealed His laws and decrees
(Psalm 147:19). However, it must be said that God is also the God of the
Gentiles (Romans 3:29). |
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El HaShamayim - The God
of heaven (Psalm 136:26). He created heaven and He is in heaven. Heaven is
His throne. |
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El De'ot - The God
of knowledge (1 Samuel 2:3). He knows everything. |
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El Emet - The God of truth (Psalm
31:5). He is always true. “Let God be true, but every man a liar,” Paul says to
the Romans (Romans 3:4) |
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El Kana - The Jealous God
(Deuteronomy 4:24). He is a God who wants His people to be devoted to Him
alone. They must worship and serve only God. That’s why God is angry with His
people when they become idolaters; because they provoke Him to jealousy. His
name is Jealous (Exodus 34:14). |
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El Tzadik - The
righteous God (Isaiah 45:21). He loves righteousness and hates iniquity.
Everything He says or does is right. |
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El Sali - God my rock (Psalm 42:10).
God is the foundation of my life, in Him I trust with all my heart. In the
midst of all my distresses I know I can rely upon Him for in Him there is
everlasting strength. He is my stronghold, my fortress, my strong tower, my
protection from all attacks. |
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El Chaiyai - The God
of my life (Psalm 42:8). God is the One who gives me life, in Him I live and
move and I have my being. God is the Lord of my life because my life belongs
to Him, since He has purchased me with His own blood. Therefore, whatever He
wants me to do I will do, and wherever He wants me to go I will go, in order
to please Him. I will serve Him alone during all my life. |
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El Yeshuati - The God
of my salvation (Isaiah 12:2). He is the One who saved us from our sins and from
all distresses. Blessed be His Holy Name for ever. Amen. |
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El Simchat Gili - God the
joy of my exaltation or God my exceeding joy (Psalm 43:4). He is the source
of a great joy to all those who love Him and fear Him. |
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El Rachum - The God
of Compassion or The merciful God (Deuteronomy 4:31). He is a God full of
compassion and mercy; we taste His mercy continually. |
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El Chanun - The
Gracious God (Jonah 4:2). God is good; we have tasted His goodness. |
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Elah is another name for God, used
about 70 times in the Old Testament. When it is combined with other words,
different attributes of God are emphasized. Some examples: |
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Elah Yerush'lem - God of
Jerusalem (Ezra 7:19). The city of Jerusalem is the place chosen by God from
among the tribes of Israel to put His Name there for His dwelling
(Deuteronomy 12:5). Jerusalem is called the city of the great King (Matthew
5:35). |
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Elah Yisrael - God of
Israel (Ezra 5:1). |
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Elah Sh'maya - God of
Heaven (Ezra 7:23). |
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Elah Sh'maya V'Arah - God of
Heaven and Earth (Ezra 5:11). |
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Another
divine name is Adonai, which is an
emphatic form of the word ‘Adon’, which means ‘master’ or ‘lord’. It can
literally be translated as ‘my lords’, but it is usually translated as
‘Lord’. The meaning of this name reflects the attribute of sovereignty. It
means that God is the Lord who rules. It is used approximately 450 times. |
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I AM (Exodus 3:14) |
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I AM WHO I AM (Exodus
3:14 - NKJV) |
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The LORD strong and mighty
(Psalm 24:8) |
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The LORD mighty in battle
(Psalm 24:8) |
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The LORD who formed it [the
earth], and established it
(Jeremiah 33:2 - NIV) |
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The LORD that created thee, O Jacob
(Isaiah 43:1) |
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The LORD that is faithful
(Isaiah 49:7) |
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The LORD who is worthy to be praised
(2 Samuel 22:4) |
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The LORD who sees/provides
(Genesis 22:14) |
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The LORD that healeth thee
(Exodus 15:26) |
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The LORD my banner (Exodus
17:15) |
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The LORD is there (Ezekiel
48:35) |
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The LORD God of recompenses
(Jeremiah 51:56) |
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The LORD God of heaven (Genesis
24:7) |
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The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering,
and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving
iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the
guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the
children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation
(Exodus 34:6-7) |
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The Lord of lords (Psalm
136:3) |
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The Lord of heaven (Daniel
5:23) |
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The Lord of the whole earth (Psalm
97:5) |
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Lord of lords
(Deuteronomy 10:17) |
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Lord my salvation (Psalm
38:22) |
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LORD my rock (Psalm
28:1) |
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LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest
the reins and the heart (Jeremiah 11:20) |
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The LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the
womb (Isaiah 44:2) |
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The LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth
forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; that
frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth
wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; that confirmeth the
word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers
(Isaiah 44:24-26) |
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The glorious LORD (Isaiah
33:21) |
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The righteous LORD (Psalm
11:7) |
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A Lord of kings (Daniel
2:47) |
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He that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an
everlasting dominion (Daniel 4:34) |
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He that sitteth in the heavens
(Psalm 2:4) |
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He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth
(Isaiah 40:22) |
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He that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and
spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in (Isaiah
40:22) |
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He that by wisdom made the heavens
(Psalm 136:5) |
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He that stretched out the earth above the waters
(Psalm 136:6) |
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He that made great lights
(Psalm 136:7) |
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He who hath created these things, that bringeth out
their host by number (Isaiah 40:26) |
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He that created the heavens, and stretched them out
(Isaiah 42:5) |
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He that spread forth the earth, and that which
cometh out of it (Isaiah 42:5) |
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He that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and
spirit to them that walk therein (Isaiah 42:5) |
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He that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind,
and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness,
and treadeth upon the high places of the earth (Amos
4:13) |
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He that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath
founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea,
and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Amos
9:6) |
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He that rideth upon the heavens
(Psalm 68:4) |
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He who rides the ancient skies above, who thunders
with mighty voice (Psalm 68:33 – NIV) |
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He that planted the ear (Psalm 94:9) |
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He that formed the eye (Psalm
94:9) |
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He that doth speak: behold, it is I (Isaiah
52:6) |
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He who alone doeth great wonders
(Psalm 136:4) |
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He that pondereth the heart
(Proverbs 24:12) |
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He that is mightier than man
(Ecclesiastes 6:10) |
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He who avenges blood (Psalm
9:12 – NIV) |
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He that ought to be feared
(Psalm 76:11) |
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He who giveth food to all flesh
(Psalm 136:25) |
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He who is perfect in knowledge
(Job 37:16 - NIV) |
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He that is mighty (Luke
1:49) |
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He that teacheth man knowledge
(Psalm 94:10) |
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He that chastiseth the heathen
(Psalm 94:10) |
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He that is most just (Job
34:17) |
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He that is higher than the highest (Ecclesiastes
5:8) |
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He that keepeth thee (Psalm
121:3) |
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He that keepeth thy soul (Proverbs
24:12) |
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He that goeth with you, to fight for you against
your enemies, to save you (Deuteronomy 20:4) |
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He that comforteth you (Isaiah
51:12) |
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He that took me out of the womb
(Psalm 22:9) |
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He that seeth me (Genesis
16:13) |
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He in whom I trust (Psalm
144:2) |
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He who vindicates me (Isaiah
50:8 - NIV) |
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He against whom we have sinned
(Isaiah 42:24) |
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He that hath mercy on them
(Isaiah 49:10) |
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A great King over all the earth
(Psalm 47:2) |
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A great King above all gods
(Psalm 95:3) |
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A warrior (Exodus 15:3
– NIV) |
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A mighty terrible one (Jeremiah
20:11) |
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A righteous judge (Psalm
7:11 – NIV) |
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A judge of the widows (Psalm
68:5) |
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A shield around me (Psalm
3:3 - NIV) |
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A sun and shield (Psalm
84:11) |
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An everlasting light (Isaiah
60:19) |
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A revealer of secrets (Daniel
2:47) |
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A very present help in trouble
(Psalm 46:1) |
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A refuge for the oppressed
(Psalm 9:9) |
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A refuge in times of trouble
(Psalm 9:9) |
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An house of defence (Psalm
31:2) |
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A refuge from the storm (Isaiah
25:4) |
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A shadow from the heat (Isaiah
25:4) |
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A place of broad rivers and streams (Isaiah
33:21) |
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A buckler to all those that trust in him
(Psalm 18:30) |
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A buckler to them that walk uprightly
(Proverbs 2:7) |
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A father of the fatherless
(Psalm 68:5) |
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A strength to the poor (Isaiah
25:4) |
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A strength to the needy in his distress
(Isaiah 25:4) |
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A strong tower from the enemy
(Psalm 61:3) |
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A shelter for me (Psalm
61:3) |
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Our own God (Psalm
67:6) |
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Our God for ever and ever
(Psalm 48:14) |
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You who hear prayer (Psalm
65:2 - NKJV) |
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You who lift me up from the gates of death
(Psalm 9:13 – NKJV) |
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You who save those who trust in You from those who
rise up against them (Psalm 17:7 – NKJV) |
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The God of gods (Psalm
136:2; Daniel 11:36) |
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The God of hosts (Amos
4:13) |
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The God of heaven (Psalm
136:26; Jonah 1:9; Daniel 2:37) |
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The God of heaven and earth (Ezra
5:11) |
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The God of the whole earth
(Isaiah 54:5) |
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The God of all the kingdoms of the earth
(2 Kings 19:15) |
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The God of all flesh (Jeremiah
32:27) |
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The God of glory (Psalm
29:3) |
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The God of salvation (Psalm
68:20) |
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The God of truth (Isaiah
65:16) |
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The God of judgment (Malachi
2:17) |
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The God of my salvation (Psalm
25:5; Psalm 18:46; Micah 7:7) |
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The God of the rock of my salvation
(2 Samuel 22:47) |
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The God of my mercy (Psalm
59:10) |
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The God of my rock (2 Samuel
22:3) |
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The God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are
all thy ways (Daniel 5:23) |
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The God who avenges me, who subdues nations under
me, who saves me from my enemies (Psalm 18:47-48 - NIV) |
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The God who avenges (Psalm
94:1 - NIV) |
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The God that doest wonders
(Psalm 77:14) |
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The God that is above (Job
31:28) |
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The God of our salvation (Psalm
68:19) |
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The great and dreadful God
(Daniel 9:4) |
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The great God that formed all things (Proverbs
26:10) |
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The great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant
and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments
(Nehemiah 1:5) |
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The great, the mighty, and the terrible God who
keepest covenant and mercy (Nehemiah 9:32) |
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The living God (Psalm
42:2) |
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The true God (Jeremiah
10:10) |
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The everlasting God (Genesis
21:33) |
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The eternal God
(Deuteronomy 33:27) |
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The most high God (Genesis
14:19; Daniel 3:26) |
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The Almighty God (Genesis
17:1) |
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The Mighty God (Psalm
50:1; Isaiah 10:21; Jeremiah 32:18) |
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The Great [God]
(Jeremiah 32:18) |
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The faithful God
(Deuteronomy 7:9) |
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The First and the Last (Isaiah
48:12) |
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The Ancient of days (Daniel
7:9) |
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The Almighty (Joel
1:15) |
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The Saviour (Isaiah
45:15) |
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The righteous (Isaiah
24:16) |
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The governor among the nations (Psalm
22:28) |
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The Judge of all the earth
(Genesis 18:25) |
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The Holy One (Isaiah
40:25) |
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The high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity,
whose name is Holy (Isaiah 57:15) |
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The Rock
(Deuteronomy 32:4) |
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The Rock eternal (Isaiah
26:4 - NIV) |
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The rock that is higher than I (Psalm
61:2) |
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The Most High over all the earth
(Psalm 97:9 - NIV) |
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The Highest (Psalm
18:13) |
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The possessor of heaven and earth
(Genesis 14:22) |
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The habitation of justice (Jeremiah
50:7) |
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The fountain of living waters
(Jeremiah 2:13) |
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The tower of salvation for his king
(2 Samuel 22:51) |
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The glory of their strength – of the people that
know the joyful sound (Psalm 89:17) |
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The former of all things (Jeremiah
51:19) |
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The Creator of the ends of the earth
(Isaiah 40:28) |
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The Maker of the poor (Proverbs
14:31) |
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The Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and
the constellations of the south (Job 9:9 – NIV) |
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The confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of
them that are afar off upon the sea (Psalm
65:5) |
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The help and shield of those who fear Him
(Psalm 115:11) |
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The helper of the fatherless (Psalm
10:14) |
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The saving strength of his anointed
(Psalm 28:8) |
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The revealer of mysteries
(Daniel 2:29 - NIV) |
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The guide of my youth (Jeremiah
3:4) |
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A God of gods (Daniel
2:47) |
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A God full of compassion, and gracious,
longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth (Psalm
86:15) |
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A God who expresses his wrath every day
(Psalm 7:11 – NIV) |
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A God of judgment (Isaiah
30:18) |
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A God that judgeth in the earth (Psalm
58:11) |
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A God of truth and without iniquity
(Deuteronomy 32:4) |
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A God that hidest thyself
(Isaiah 45:15) |
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A great God (Psalm
95:3) |
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A great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which
regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward (Deuteronomy
10:17) |
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A gracious and merciful God (Nehemiah
9:31) |
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A forgiving God (Psalm
99:8 - NIV) |
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A jealous and avenging God
(Nahum 1:2 - NIV) |
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A just God (Isaiah
45:21) |
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A jealous God (Exodus
34:14) |
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God the LORD (1
Chronicles 13:6; Psalm 85:8) |
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God of my righteousness (Psalm
4:1) |
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God of my salvation (Psalm
51:14) |
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God of my praise (Psalm
109:1) |
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God my rock (Psalm
42:9) |
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God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; who
teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the
fowls of heaven (Job 35:10-11) |
|
God of our salvation (Psalm
65:5) |
|
God our strength (Psalm
81:1) |
|
God our shield (Psalm
84:9) |
|
God of gods
(Deuteronomy 10:17) |
|
God most high (Psalm
57:2) |
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God that performeth all things for me (Psalm
57:2) |
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The King (Psalm
98:6) |
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The eternal King (Jeremiah
10:10 - NIV) |
|
The King of heaven (Daniel
4:37) |
|
The King of glory (Psalm
24:9) |
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The King of all the earth
(Psalm 47:7) |
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King over all the earth
(Zechariah 14:9) |
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King for ever and ever (Psalm
10:16) |
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Most upright (Isaiah
26:7) |
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Preserver of men (Job
7:20) |
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Judge of the earth (Psalm
94:2) |
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Jealous (Exodus 34:14) |
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My King and my God (Psalm
5:2) |
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My King of old, working salvation in the midst of
the earth (Psalm 74:12) |
|
My Holy One (Habakkuk
1:12 – NKJV) |
|
My light and my salvation
(Psalm 27:1) |
|
My light (Micah
7:8 - NIV) |
|
My portion in the land of the living (Psalm
142:5) |
|
My portion for ever (Psalm
73:26) |
|
My salvation (Isaiah
12:2) |
|
My rock (Psalm
18:46) |
|
My strong rock (Psalm
31:2) |
|
My strength (Habakkuk
3:19; Psalm 18:1) |
|
My shield (Psalm
28:7) |
|
My praise (Jeremiah
17:14) |
|
My shepherd (Psalm
23:1) |
|
My glory (Psalm
3:3) |
|
My helper (Psalm
54:4 - NKJV) |
|
My fortress (Psalm
31:3; 18:2) |
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My help and my deliverer (Psalm
40:17; 70:5) |
|
My exceeding joy (Psalm
43:4) |
|
My King (Psalm 44:4) |
|
My redeemer (Psalm
19:14) |
|
My defence and refuge in the day of my trouble (Psalm
59:16) |
|
My hiding place (Psalm
119:114) |
|
My deliverer (Psalm
18:2) |
|
My God (Psalm 18:2) |
|
My buckler (Psalm
18:2) |
|
My high tower (Psalm
18:2) |
|
My Maker (Job
36:3) |
|
My song (Psalm 118:14) |
|
My portion (Psalm
119:57; Lamentations 3:24) |
|
My goodness (Psalm
144:2) |
|
My hope (Psalm 71:5) |
|
My hope in the day of evil (Jeremiah
17:17) |
|
My trust from my youth (Psalm
71.5) |
|
My witness (Job
16:19) |
|
My judge (Job 9:15) |
|
My advocate (Job
16:19 – NIV) |
|
My support (2 Samuel
22:19 - NIV) |
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My power (2 Samuel
22:33) |
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The portion of mine inheritance and of my cup
(Psalm 16:5) |
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The rock of my refuge (Psalm
94:22) |
|
The strength of my life (Psalm
27:1) |
|
The strength of my heart (Psalm
73:26) |
|
The strength of my salvation (Psalm
140:7) |
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The health of my countenance
(Psalm 42:11) |
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The horn of my salvation (Psalm
18:2) |
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The lifter up of mine head
(Psalm 3:3) |
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Our shade at our right hand
(Psalm 121:5 – NIV - I have put ‘our’ in place of ‘your’) |
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Our father (Isaiah
64:8) |
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Our potter (Isaiah
64:8) |
|
Our judge (Isaiah
33:22) |
|
Our lawgiver (Isaiah
33:22) |
|
Our king (Isaiah
33:22) |
|
Our captain (2
Chronicles 13:12) |
|
Our refuge (Psalm
62:8 - NIV) |
|
Our strength (Psalm
46:1) |
|
Our dwelling place in all generations
(Psalm 90:1) |
|
Our guide even unto death
(Psalm 48:14) |
|
Our fear (Isaiah
8:13 – I have put ‘our’ in place of ‘your’) |
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Our dread (Isaiah
8:13 – I have put ‘our’ in place of ‘your’) |
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Names and titles of God associated
somehow with the Israelites and their forefathers |
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Remember
that Israel means ‘He struggles
with God’ and that it is the name given by God to Jacob |
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The God of Israel (Genesis
33:20, Isaiah 48:1; 45:15) |
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The God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things (Psalm
72:18) |
|
The God of all the families of Israel
(Jeremiah 31:1) |
|
The God of the armies of Israel
(1 Samuel 17:45) |
|
The LORD God of Israel (Psalm
41:13) |
|
The Holy One of Israel (Isaiah
1:4; 10:20; Psalm 71:22) |
|
The Mighty One of Israel (Isaiah
1:24) |
|
The Creator of Israel (Isaiah
43:15) |
|
The Shepherd [of Israel] (Genesis
49:24 – NIV. Psalm 80:1) |
|
The Rock of Israel (Genesis
49:24; Isaiah 30:29 - NIV) |
|
The King of Israel
(Zephaniah 3:15) |
|
The Hope of Israel (Jeremiah
17:13) |
|
The Redeemer of Israel (Isaiah
49:7) |
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The help and shield of Israel (Psalm
115:9) |
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A father to Israel (Jeremiah
31:9) |
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The God of Jacob (Psalm
20:1; 46:7) |
|
The Holy One of Jacob (Isaiah
29:23) |
|
The Mighty God of Jacob (Psalm
132:2) |
|
The Mighty One of Jacob (Genesis
49:24 - NIV) |
|
The King of Jacob (Isaiah
41:21) |
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The portion of Jacob (Jeremiah
10:16; 51:19) |
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The God of Nahor (Genesis
31:53) |
|
The God of Abraham (Genesis
26:24) |
|
The God of Isaac (Genesis
28:13) |
|
The God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in
thy help, and in his excellency on the sky
(Deuteronomy 33:26). Jeshurun, which means ‘upright,’ is another name for the
people of Israel. |
|
The God of David (Isaiah
38:5) |
|
The God of Elijah (2 Kings
2:14 - NIV) |
|
The God of Daniel (Daniel
6:26) |
|
The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob (Exodus 3:6). In Hebrew Elohay Avraham, Yitzchak
v'Yaakov. |
|
The God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego
(Daniel 3:28) |
|
The God of Bethel (Genesis
31:13) |
|
The God of the Hebrews (Exodus
5:3; 9:13) |
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God their Saviour, who had done great things in Egypt
(Psalm 106:21 - NKJV) |
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The hope of their fathers (Jeremiah
50:7) |
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The Rock of his [of Jeshurun]
salvation (Deuteronomy 32:15) |
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The LORD God of Shem (Genesis
9:26) |
|
The LORD God of Israel (Exodus
5:1) |
|
The LORD God of our fathers
(Deuteronomy 26:7) |
|
The LORD God of thy fathers
(Deuteronomy 27:3) |
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The Lord GOD who gathers the outcasts of Israel
(Isaiah 56:8 - NKJV) |
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The Fear of Isaac (Genesis
31:42) |
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The LORD, who redeemed Abraham
(Isaiah 29:22) |
|
The LORD of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion
(Isaiah 8:18 - NKJV) |
|
The LORD, whose fire is in Zion and his furnace in
Jerusalem (Isaiah 31:9) |
|
The LORD who dwells in Zion
(Psalm 9:11 - NKJV) |
|
The LORD that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be
inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up
the decayed places thereof: That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up
thy rivers (Isaiah 44:26-27) |
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He who is the Glory of Israel
(1 Samuel 15:29 – NIV) or The Strength
of Israel |
|
He that made him [Israel]
(Psalm 149:2) |
|
He that keepeth Israel (Psalm
121:4) |
|
He that inhabitest the praises of Israel
(Psalm 22:3) |
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He who struck Egypt in their firstborn and brought out
Israel from among them with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm
(Psalm 136:10-12 - NKJV) |
|
He who divided the Red sea in two and made Israel
pass through the midst of it but overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red
sea (Psalm 136:13-15 - NKJV) |
|
He who made a way through the sea, a path through
the mighty waters, who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and
reinforcements together (Isaiah 43:16-17 - NIV) |
|
He that brought them up out of the sea with the
shepherd of his flock (Isaiah 63:11) |
|
He that led them [the Israelites]
by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before
them, to make himself an everlasting name (Isaiah
63:12) |
|
He who led His people through the wilderness
(Psalm 136:16 - NKJV) |
|
He who struck down great kings and slew famous
kings, Sihon king of the Amorites and Og the king of Bashan, and gave their
land as a heritage, a heritage to Israel His servant
(Psalm 136:17-22 - NKJV). |
|
He who remembered us in our low estate
(Psalm 136:23) |
|
He that hath redeemed us from our enemies
(Psalm 136:24) |
|
He that put his Holy Spirit within his flock
(Isaiah 63:11) |
|
He from whom the children of Israel have deeply
revolted (Isaiah 31:6) |
|
He who struck them [the people of Israel] (Isaiah 9:13 - NIV) |
|
He that scattered Israel (Jeremiah
31:10) |
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The LORD your God, who brought you out of the land
of Egypt (Psalm 81:10 - NKJV) |
|
The LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out
of the land of slavery (Exodus 20:2 - NIV) |
|
The LORD your God dwelling in Zion
(Joel 3:17) |
|
The LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads
you by the way you should go (Isaiah 48:17 - NKJV) |
|
The LORD your God, who divided the sea whose waves
roared (Isaiah 51:15 - NKJV) |
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The LORD that hath mercy on thee
(Isaiah 54:10) |
|
The LORD who made you and formed you from the womb,
who will help you (Isaiah 44:2 - NKJV) |
|
The LORD your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and
laid the foundations of the earth (Isaiah
51:13 - NIV) |
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Your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb
(Isaiah 44:24 - NIV) |
|
Your Sovereign LORD (Isaiah
51:22 - NIV) |
|
Your refuge
(Deuteronomy 33:27) |
|
Your Saviour (Isaiah
43:3 - NIV) |
|
Your Holy One (Isaiah
43:15) |
|
Your King (Isaiah
43:15) |
|
Your helper (Hosea
13:9 - NIV) |
|
Your shield (Genesis
15:1 – NKJV. Words said by God to Abraham) |
|
Your exceedingly great reward (Genesis
15:1 – NKJV. Words said by God to Abraham) |
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The Holy One in the midst of thee
(Hosea 11:9) |
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The Rock that begat thee
(Deuteronomy 32:18) |
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The sword of thy excellency
(Deuteronomy 33:29) |
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The shield of thy help
(Deuteronomy 33:29) |
|
The rock of thy strength (Isaiah
17:10) |
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Your God, who defends his people
(Isaiah 51:22 - NIV) |
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The God of thy salvation (Isaiah
17:10) |
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The God who fathered you
(Deuteronomy 32:18 - NKJV) |
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God of Israel, the One who dwells between the
cherubim (Isaiah 37:16 - NKJV) |
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In the New Testament |
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The Godhead (Acts
17:29) |
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The Majesty (Hebrews
1:3) |
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The Most High (Luke
1:32,35; Acts 7:48) |
|
The Most High God (Hebrews
7:1), |
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The living God (Matthew
16:16; 26:63; 1 Timothy 3:15; 4:10; Hebrews 3:12; 9:14; 10:31; 12:22) |
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The living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the
sea, and all things that are in them (Acts
14:15 - NKJV) |
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The only true God (John 17:3)
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|
The living and true God (1
Thessalonians 1:9) |
|
The only wise God (1
Timothy 1:17) |
|
The only wise God our Saviour
(Jude 25) |
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God the Father (John
6:27) |
|
God, for whom and through whom everything exists
(Hebrews 2:10 - NIV). |
|
God that made the world and all things therein (Acts
17:24) |
|
God, who has called us into fellowship with his Son
Jesus Christ our Lord (1 Corinthians 1:9 - NIV) |
|
God who works in us both to will and to do for His
good pleasure (Philippians 2:13 - NKJV) |
|
God only wise (Romans
16:27). |
|
God our Saviour (Titus
1:3) |
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The Creator (Matthew
19:4 – NIV) |
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The Creator, who is blessed for ever
(Romans 1:25). |
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The LORD (Matthew
22:44) |
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The LORD your God (Luke
4:8; 4:12 - NKJV) |
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The Lord of sabaoth (James
5:4) |
|
The Lord Almighty (2
Corinthians 6:18) |
|
The Lord God of the holy prophets (Revelation
22:6) |
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Lord God Almighty
(Revelation 11:17) |
|
Lord of heaven and earth (Luke
10:21; Matthew 11:25; Acts 17:24) |
|
Lord, the One who is and who was and who is to be
(Revelation 16:5 - NKJV) |
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The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
(2 Corinthians 11:31; Ephesians 1:3). Jesus called Him “My God” and “My
Father” |
|
The God of Jacob (Acts
7:46) |
|
The God of Israel (Matthew
15:31) |
|
The God of Abraham and of Isaac, and of Jacob (Acts
7:32; 3:13). |
|
The God of our fathers (Acts
3:13; 5:30; 22:14). That’s how the apostles called God. |
|
The God of the living (Matthew
22:31-33; Luke 20:37-38; Mark 12:27). |
|
The God of the Gentiles (Romans
3:29) |
|
The God of the spirits of the prophets
(Revelation 22:6 - NIV) |
|
The God to whom I belong and whom I serve
(Acts 27:23 - NKJV) |
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The God of heaven (Revelation
11:13 – NKJV) |
|
The God of the earth (Revelation
11:4 – NKJV) |
|
The God of glory (Acts
7:2) |
|
The God of patience and consolation
(Romans 15:5) |
|
The God of all comfort (2
Corinthians 1:3) |
|
The God of hope (Romans
15:13) |
|
The God of peace (Romans
15:33; 16:20; Philippians 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 13:20) |
|
The God of love (2
Corinthians 13:11) |
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The God of all grace (1 Peter
5:10) |
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The Father (Matthew
28:19; Mark 13:32; John 5:20) |
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The living Father (John
6:57). |
|
The Father, who without respect of persons judgeth
according to every man's work (1 Peter 1:17). |
|
The Father of mercies (2
Corinthians 1:3) |
|
The Father of glory
(Ephesians 1:17) |
|
The Father of lights (James
1:17) |
|
The Father of spirits (Hebrews
12:9) |
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Our Father who is in the secret place
(Matthew 6:6 – NKJV. I have put ‘our’ in place of ‘your’) |
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Our Father who sees in secret
(Matthew 6:6 – NKJV. I have put ‘our’ in place of ‘your’) |
|
Our Father in heaven (Matthew
6:9 - NKJV) |
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Abba [Aramaic for ‘Father’]
(Romans 8:15) |
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Righteous Father (John
17:25) |
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Holy Father (John
17:11) |
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The blessed God (1
Timothy 1:11) |
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The Mighty God (Luke
22:69 - NIV) |
|
The power of God (Luke
22:69) |
|
The invisible God
(Colossians 1:15) |
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The Alpha and the Omega (Revelation
21:6 - NIV) |
|
The Beginning and the End
(Revelation 21:6 - NIV) |
|
The Mighty One (Matthew
26:64; Luke 1:49 - NIV) |
|
The Holy One
(Revelation 16:5 - NIV) |
|
The blessed and only Potentate (1
Timothy 6:15) |
|
The King eternal, immortal, invisible
(1 Timothy 1:17) |
|
The King of kings, and Lord of lords, who only hath
immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no
man hath seen, nor can see (1 Timothy 6:15-16) |
|
The head of Christ (1
Corinthians 11:3) |
|
The Saviour of all men, specially of those that
believe (1 Timothy 4:10) |
|
The Judge (James
5:9) |
|
The Judge of all (Hebrews
12:23) |
|
The gardener (John
15:1 - NIV) |
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The potter (Romans
9:21) |
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The one who sits on the throne (Matthew
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The one who can destroy both soul and body in hell [geenna]
(Matthew 10:28 - NIV). |
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The one who is able to save and destroy
(James 4:12 - NIV) |
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Love (1 John 4:8) |
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Light (1 John 1:5) |
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Lawgiver (James
4:12) |
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Father of all, who is over all and through all and
in all (Ephesians 4:6 - NIV) |
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King of the ages
(Revelation 15:3 – NIV) |
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A faithful Creator (1 Peter
4:19). |
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A rewarder of them that diligently seek him
(Hebrews 11:6) |
|
A consuming fire (Hebrews
12:29) |
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He who is declared to be living
(Hebrews 7:8 - NIV). |
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He who is and who was and who is to come
(Revelation 1:4; - NKJV) |
|
He who is invisible (Hebrews
11:27) |
|
He who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and
ever (Revelation 4:9 – NIV) |
|
He that liveth for ever and ever, who created
heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that
therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein
(Revelation 10:6). |
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He that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the
fountains of waters (Revelation 14:7). |
|
He who works all things according to the counsel of
His will (Ephesians 1:11 - NKJV) |
|
He who speaks from heaven
(Hebrews 12:25 - NKJV) |
|
He who is ready to judge the living and the dead
(1 Peter 4:5 - NKJV) |
|
He who judges righteously
(1 Peter 2:23 - NKJV) |
|
He who judges me (1
Corinthians 4:4 - NKJV) |
|
He who, after the killing of the body, has power to
throw you into hell [geenna]
(Luke 12:5 - NIV) |
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He that sent John to baptize with water
(John 1:33) |
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He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up
for us all (Romans 8:32) |
|
He that sent Jesus (John
5:24) |
|
He that was able to save Jesus from death
(Hebrews 5:7) |
|
He that raised up Christ from the dead
(Romans 8:11) |
|
He who put all things under Jesus Christ
(1 Corinthians 15:27-28 - NKJV) |
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He who calls (Romans
9:11 - NKJV) |
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He who called us (1 Peter
1:15 - NKJV) |
|
He who called us out of darkness into His marvellous
light (1 Peter 2:9 - NKJV) |
|
He who calls us (1
Thessalonians 5:24 - NKJV) |
|
He who is able to establish us according to the
Gospel of Paul and the preaching of Jesus Christ (Romans |
|
He that wrought effectually in Peter to the
apostleship of the circumcision (Galatians 2:8) |
|
He that was also at work in the ministry of Paul as
an apostle to the Gentiles (Galatians 2:8 - NIV) |
|
He that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all
that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us
(Ephesians 3:20) |
|
He with whom we have to do
(Hebrews 4:13) or He to whom we must
give account (NIV) |
|
He that is able to keep us from falling, and to
present us faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy
(Jude 24) |
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Our God and Father
(Galatians 1:4; Philippians 4:20 - NIV) |
|
Our God who sits on the throne
(Revelation 7:10 – NIV) |
|
Our Saviour (1
Timothy 1:1; 2:3) |
|
Our Lord
(Revelation 11:15 – NKJV) |
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That Spirit (2
Corinthians 3:17) |