Who is "the One" with the most names and titles assigned, known and recorded?
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If you haven’t researched this fun fact, hopefully this shines a "light" on the Omnipotence of God. The names for God are extensive. Listed below will be many of these nicknames or translations or equivalent names that all have been given to the great name of God. With affirmations that God, Jesus,and the Holy Spirit are one, these names or references apply to all three.
To help guide me with this endeavor, I referenced Bible.org to give guidance. "In Scripture, a person's name identified them and stood for something specific. This is especially true of God." The proclamation and insertion of "name" is seen as a calling on the Lord or referencing God in the Old Testament. This allows us to conclude that the phrases: "the name of the Lord" or "the name of God" refer to God's complete character. These statements embody the entire being of God.
EL: meaning "strong one"
El Shaddai: "God Almighty"
El Elyon: "The Most High God"
El Olam: "The Everlasting God"
Elijah
Eli
Yahweh (YHWH): "to exist, be" "This, plus its usage, shows that this name stresses God as the independent and self- existent God of revelation and redemption"
Yahweh Jireh: "The Lord will Provide"
Yahweh Nissi: "The Lord is my Banner"
Yahweh Shalom: "The Lord is Peace"
Yahweh Maccaddeshcem: "The Lord your Sanctifier"
Yahweh Ro'i: "The Lord is My Shepherd"
Yahweh Tsidkenu: "The Lord our Righteousness"
Yahweh Shammah: "The Lord is there."
Yahweh Elohim Israel: "The Lord, the God of Israel." (in contrast to the false gods of the nations, Jud. 5:3)
Jehovah: a form of the Hebrew name of God
Adonai: "The singular form means: master, owner."
Theos: Greek word translated "God." The primary name for God used in the New Testament.
Its use teaches: 1) He is the only true God (Matthew 23:9; Rom 3:30)
2) He is transcendent (Acts 17:24; Heb. 3:4; Rev. 10:6)
3) He is unique (; 1 Tim 1:17; John 17:3; Rev. 15:4; 16:7)
4) He is the Savior (John 3: 16; 1 Tim. 1:1; 2:3; 4:10)
(This name is used of Christ as God in John 1:1, 18; 20:28; 1 John 5:20; Tit. 2:13; Rom. 9:5; Heb. 1:8; Pet. 1:1)
19. Kurios: Greek word translated "Lord."- stresses authority and supremacy
(used in Old Testament and in reference to Jesus Christ in the New Testament)
20. Despotes: Greek word translated "Master." stresses supreme authority
21. Father: New Testament revelation: "that through faith in Christ, God becomes our personal Father. Father is used of God in the Old Testament only 15 times while it is used of God 245 times in the New Testament. As a name of God, it stresses God's loving care, provision, discipline, and the way we are to address God in prayer" (Matt. 7:11; Jam. 1:17; Heb. 12:5; John 15:16; 16;23; Eph. 2:18; 3:15; 1 Thes. 3:11)
22. Jesus: Lord, Christ, Son of God, Son Of Man, Reference deliverance or redemption
23. Emmanuel: Reference deliverance or redemption
24. Savior
25. Yehoshua: Biblical Hebrew for the name of Jesus (mentioned in Exodus 17:9)
26. God of Israel: Referencing God's chosen people the Jews
27. Christos: Greek means "anointed one"
28. Messiah: means "annointed" derived from words in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic
29. Jesus Christ: Son of God, Son of Man, deliverer and redeemer
30. Christ: name of Jesus with one part dropped
31. Son of the living God: Christ
32. Kyrios: (Greek word for lord or master) "title for Jesus in New Testament"
33. Kyrie Eleison: meaning "Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy"
34. Teacher: reference for Jesus while He was in the world
35. Rabbi: reference for Jesus while He was in the world
36. Son of God: the second person of the Trinity
37. Son of Man
38. Master
39. Lord
40. Logos: in Greek often used as "the Word" -John 1:1- 18
41. The Word: of or from God, God's deliverer, God's messenger
42. Incarnate: Divine human or animal for on Earth
43. Incarnation: refers to the union of divinity with humanity in Jesus Christ
44. Trinity: reference to the Son of God
45. The Way: redeemer of all sin to those who believe in Jesus
46. The Truth: from God and all knowing
47. The Light: God and the Son of God who shine good through the darkness
48. Immanuel: "God with Us"
49. Shepherd: One who looks over and cares for all His Sheep (humanity)
50. Holy One
51. Lamb of God": spoke and revealed by John the Baptist in the Gospels (John 1:36)
52. The Christ of God: Luke 9:20
53. King of Israel
54. The Living God: Matthew 26:63
55. King of the Jews: referenced in the Gospels (Luke 23:3)
56. "I am": Jesus' answer to those who questioned Him on whether He was the Son of God (He also was referrenced as the Son of Abraham, the Son of Isaac, the son of Jacob, the son of David, the son of Joseph)
The above names and titles given to the Living God represent some different language designations due to the translation from Hebrew, Greek and Aramic. (Some names may have been overlooked, but this is the best representation I could provide today). Many of the names recorded from the New Testament were assigned by God through man.
God is our Father, and He longs for us to be united with Him. The symbolism is that of a loving parent who wants good for each one of their children. The reference to that of a Shepherd who looks over his sheep is relatable to the time period in which many of these scriptures were recorded. All of these recording and names given to God reveal the love and respect given by those who knew Him.
"In raising children, all you can do is your best...
We take care of the possible and leave the
Impossible to God." - Ruth Bell Graham
"But as many as received Him,
to them He gave the right
to become children of God,
to those who believe in His name:
who were born, not of blood,
nor of the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man,
but of God."
-John 1:12
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