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The Names of God in the Old Testament

The Names include: YHWH, “tetragrammaton,” “Jehovah” & “LORD” “The Proper Name of the God of Israel” It was used according the BDB 6,823 times in the Old Testament: Why not check it out for yourself? Indicate what these verse say about God.
Ps. 74:6 _____________________________
Isaiah 33:11. ________________________
Hab.2:17_______________________________
I Sam. 20:22 _________________________
2 Sam. 15:21____________________________
Mal. 3:23 ____________________________
2 Sam. 5:19 ____________________________ ________________
Exod. 20:3_______________________________ _______________
Jer. 7:4 tripled occurrences.”
It means, “The one bringing into being, Life-giver” (Gen. 3:20), “Giver of Existence, Creator,” “The One who Is, the Existing, Ever Living, Self-Consistent and Unchangeable One.” “He Who Will Be It.” “I Am He Who I Am.”
Ex. 3:14 _____________________________
Ex. 20:2-12 ____________________________________________???.
Jenni, TLOT, 522-23, “The one creating, the one keeping in existence. G. Quell, TDNT 3:1067, is also remarkable: 5, 321x.” The Ten Words: (Deut. 5:5--). Jews today do not pronounce this name. When the scribes who copied the scriptures came to this word, they changed pens and took a bath before they wrote it. They would pronounce the name Adonai (occurs some 300 times in the OT, Stone pg. 43), meaning “Lord” when they came to this word, (adonay-yhwh).

2. El’ohah “God” BDB 43a; Jenni, TLOT, 115, Tell what these verses say about God.
Ex. 4:20______________________________________________
Ex. 17:9 “Rod of God” __________________________________
Ex. 32:15_____________________________________________
Neh. 9:17 _____________________________________________
Job 3:4________________________________________________
Job. 3”23’ 4:9, 17_______________________________________
Prov. 30:5 _____________________________________________
Isaiah 44:8_____________________________________________


3. El Shaddai[not the exact Hebrew equivalent] El Shaddai, BDB 994, 42, Which was the covenant name for the God of the people of Israel (Genesis)
Why don’t you check it out for yourself? Tell what these verses say about God.
Gen. 17:1_________________________________________
Gen. 28:3 _________________________________________
Gen. 35:11_________________________________________
Gen. 48:3 _________________________________________
Gen. 49:25 ________________________________________
Exod. 6:3 __________________________________________
Gen. 43:14 _________________________________________
Num. 24:4, 16_____________________________________
Ruth 1:20, 21_____________________________________
Psalm 68:15______________________________________
Ps. 91:1):. JP Green, NEHC 1237 The name comes from “female breast” which supplies food for her young. “God Almighty,” Nathan Stone, No G, 31.

4. Praise Yah. “Praise ye Yahweh” Pantokrator (“Sovereign LORD, Almighty God.” Just check it out and be blessed! Tell what these verses say about God.
Ps. 104:35_________________________________________
Ps. 105:45__________________________________________
Ps. 106:1___________________________________________
Ps. 106:48__________________________________________
Ps. 111:1___________________________________________

The Most High God

5. THE MOST HIGH GOD gel-yohn; JP Green, NEHC 942. Tell what these verses say about God. God is in charge of His Kingdom and he rules.

Daniel 7:18 “But the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.”

Dan. 7:22 “Until the Ancient of days came, and Judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.”

Dan. 7:25 “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws; and they shall be given into his hands until a time and times and the dividing of time.”

Dan. 7:27 “And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.”

6. Author, Nathan Stone lists other names for God in the Old Testament.
Jehovah-Jireh “The Eternal, Self-Existent One” Tell what these verses say about God.
Gen. 22: (5) Abraham saw Calvary Gen. 22:2 “Offered him there in the mountain (1) (2) resurrection of the dead and he also saw (3) the need for worship (Heb. 11:19) (4) He believed in the promises of God: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.”
(7), “Isaac spoke unto Abraham,” (5) Isaac trusted his father! Do we trust our heavenly Father? “My father; and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” (8) And said, “My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering; so they went both of them together.” (14) “And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-Jireh; as it is said to this day. In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.” When you cannot find a job, or the money does not go far enough. “When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, when the road you travel, seems all up hill, never look down, always look up! It’s sometimes darkest before dawn!” Mahalla Jackson.

In the words of Vivilla D. Martin, “God will take care of you. Be not dismayed what-ever e-tide, God will take care of you Beneath His wings of love abide, God will take care of you. God will take care of you, Thru eve’ry day, O’er all the way; God will take care of you, God will take care of you.” NNBH 220.

Isaiah 40:16 ___________________________________________
7. Jehovah-Rophe, Jehovah Who Heals,
Ex. 15:22-26 __________________________________________
Num. 12:13___________________________________________
Ps. 103:2, 3 ___________________________________________
Jer. 30:15, 17, 26.
Isaiah 61:1_____________________________________________
2 Chron. 16:12__________________________________________
2 Chron. 36:16__________________________________________
Jer. 8:21-22_____________________________________________
8. Jehovah-Nissi “Jehovah Is My Banner,”
Ex. 17:15_____________________________________________
Ex. 15:27_____________________________________________
9. Jehovah-M’Kaddesh “Jehovah Who Sanctifies” (Lev. 20:7-8)__
Ex. 13:2 “Consecrate, holy dedicate, hallow, sanctuary” occurs 700 times., Stone 97. Tell what these verses say about God.
Jer. 1:5________________________________________________
Isaiah 63:8-11__________________________________________
Isaiah 6;3______________________________________________
Isaiah 11:9_____________________________________________
Deut. 10:17_____________________________________________
Psalm 96:5_____________________________________________
10. Jehovah-Shalom “Jehovah is My Peace” (Judges 6:24) (200 yrs).________________________________________________
11. Jehovah-Tsidkenu “Jehovah Is My Righteousness.”
Jer 23:5-6____________________________________
2 Chron. 36:16_________________________________________
2 Kings 23:26-27________________________________________
2 Sam. 7:16-17 _________________________________________
12. Jehovah-Rohi “Jehovah Is My Shepherd”
Psalm 23:1___________________________________________
Gen. 37:2____________________________________________
1 Sam 17:15__________________________________________
Gen. 47:3-4___________________________________________
Ezek. 34:2, 8, 10_______________________________________
Isaiah 44:20__________________________________________
Ex. 33:11_____________________________________________
2 Sam. 7:8____________________________________________
Ps. 78:70-72___________________________________________

Words in Deuteronomy that are pi'el stem

Pi’el stem: which means “to busy oneself eagerly with the action of the work,” Waltke, O’Connor, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax,
“The fundamental idea of the Pi’el,… is to busy oneself eagerly with the action indicated by the stem,” quoted by Waltke & O’Connor, page 397.

Deut. 1:1 “spoke,” 3, 6,14, “said” 21,43,; 2:1, 17, ; 3:26 ; 4:12, 15, 33; 45
“Command” 1:3, 1;18, 19, ; 2:4; 3:18, 21; 4:2, 5, 13, 14, 40; 5:12, 15, 16, 32, 33; 6:1, 2, 6, 17, 20, 24, 25; 8:1, 11; 9:16; 10:13; 11:13; 22, 27, 28; 12:11, 14, 21, 32; 15:11; 15:15; 19:7, 9;20:17; 24:22; 26:14, 16; 27:1, 10; 28:1, 8, 14,45.; 30:2, 11, 16; 31:10, 25, 29

Blessed Deut. 1:11, 14:24; 15:6; 23:20; 24:13;

Charge Deut. 1:16
Worship Deut. 4:19
Angry Deut. 4:21
Forbidden Deut. 4:23
“Be utterly destroyed Deut. 4:26.
“God assayed to go “ Deut. 4:34
“He made thee to hear his voice” 4:36
Pi’el imperatives “Honor thy father and mother” (Deut. 5:16)

Qal imperative “Go thou near, and hear” 5:27, 30 “Go say to them, Get you into your tents”
Deut 6:4 “Hear, O Israel:
Deut. 6:7 “piel imperative, “a command” “Teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt
1.) Talk of them when thou
2.) Sittest in thine house, and when thou
3.) Walkest by the way, and when thou
4.) Liest down, and when thou
5.) Risest up (4:9; 11:19; Eph. 6:4).
6.) Write them upon the door post of they house
7.) Upon the Gates

Deut. 6:12 “Then beware lest thou forget”
Deut. 6:17 “Diligently keep the commandments of the Lord”
Imperatives in Deuteronomy: Commands that appeal to “one’s volition,” “one’s intentions”
1:7 “Turn you and take your journey.”
1:8 “Go in and Possess the land”