God's Names in the Bible

The Bible contains many God's names.

God's names in the Old Testament:
1. Elohim - God (Genesis 1:1); variants - El, Eloah, Elah
2. Adonai - Lord (Amos 7:7-8)
3. Yahweh (Jehovah) - God's name usually translated as LORD (Jeremiah 33:2)
4. El Shaddai - Almighty God (Genesis 17:1)
5. El Olam - Everlasting God (Genesis 21:33)
6. El Elion - Most High God (Genesis 14:18-20)
7. El Kadosh - Holy God (Joshua 24:19)
8. El Kanno - Jealous God (Joshua 24:19)
9. El Elohe Israel - God, God of Israel (Genesis 33:20)
10. El Roi - Seeing God (Genesis 16:13)
11. El Gadol ve Nora - Great and Awesome God (Deuteronomy 7:21)
12. El Hanun ve Rahum - Gracious and Merciful God (Jonah 4:2)
13. El Neeman - Faithful God (Deuteronomy 7:9)
14. El Hai - Living God (Joshua 3:10)
15. Elohim Hayim - Living God (Deuteronomy 5:26)
16. Elohim Tsebaot - God of hosts (Amos 3:13)
17. Yahweh Tsebaot - LORD of hosts (1 Samuel 17:45)
18. Yahweh Yireh - LORD will provide (Genesis 22:14)
19. Yahweh Rafa - LORD who heals (Exodus 15:26)
20. Yahweh Nissi - LORD is my banner (Exodus 17:15)
21. Yahweh Kadash - LORD who sanctifies (Leviticus 20:8)
22. Yahweh Raah - LORD is my shepherd (Psalom 23:1)
23. Yahweh Tsidkenu - LORD is our righteousness (Jeremiah 23:6)
24. Yahweh Shalom - LORD is peace (Judges 6:24)
25. Yahweh Shammah - LORD is there (Ezekiel 48:35)
26. Yahweh Elohim Israel - LORD, God of Israel (Judges 5:3)
27. Yahweh Elohim - LORD God (Genesis 2:4)
28. Adonai Yahweh - usually translated as Lord GOD (Genesis 15:8)

Some comments regarding the last name: The Jews pronounced Adonai (Lord) instead of YHWH (Yahweh). However, they pronounced Adonai YHWH as Adonai Elohim in order to avoid saying Adonai two times. In the cases when one word should be pronounced instead of another word, Masorets (Hebrew scholars who added special symbols for vowels to the Old Testament text) did not change the consonants of the original word, but added vowels of the word that should be pronounced instead. In Hebrew Masoretic punctuation, YHWH is spelled as Yehovah in order to indicate that this word should be pronounced as Adonai (the first vowel "a" of Adonai is substituted by "e" because "a" in Adonai indicates very short "a" that cannot be pronounced after "y" and should be substituted by very short "e"). However, Adonai YHWH is spelled as Adonay Yehowih in order to indicate that in this construction YHWH should be pronounced as Elohim.

God's names in the New Testament:
1. Theos - God (John 1:1)
2. Kurios - Lord (Ephesians 4:5)
3. Despotes - the Sovereign One (Acts 4:24; Revelation 6:10)
4. Pater - Father (Matthew 6:9; Romans 8:15)
5. Ego Eimi - I AM (John 8:58)