NAMES (GENESIS to DEUTERONOMY)
Numerous designations and combinations of designations appear in the Old Testament, and the following list is by no means exhaustive, neither in the number of designations nor in the number of times each is used. It is provided to show the numerous ways God is spoken of and how the names, titles, and designations speak of God, revealing who He is, and revealing aspects of His relationship to His people. The references also provide at least an impression of the location of the designations and the relative frequency or lack of frequency of their appearance in the Old Testament.
God is addressed or referred to as:
“God” (Elohim; Gen. 1:1; appears over 2500 times in OT)
“the Spirit of God” (Gen. 1:2; 41:38; I Sam. 11:6; 19:23; II Chron. 15:1; 20:14;
24:20; 40:13)
“Lord God” (YHWH Elohim; Gen. 2:4, 5, 7; combination used repeatedly in Chs. 2 & 3; I Chron.
17:16; 22:1; II Chron. 6:41-42; Mic. 1:2; Zeph. 1:7; Hab. 3:19)
“Seed” (Gen. 3:15; used of Christ)
“Lord” (YHWH; Gen. 4:1; appears over 6800 times in OT)
“My Spirit” (Gen. 6:3; Isa. 30:1; 42:1; 59:21; Ezek. 36:27; 37:14; 39:29; Joel 2:28-29; Hag.
2:5; Zech. 4:6)
“Myself” (Gen. 6:17; 22:16; Ex. 14:18; 19:4; Num. 3:12, 13; 18:8)
“the God of Shem” (Gen. 9:26)
“God Most High” (Gen. 14:18, 19, 20, 22; Ps. 57:2)
“the Lord (YHWH), God Most High” (Gen. 14:22)
“Possessor of heaven and earth” (Gen. 14:19, 22)
“your shield” (Gen. 15:1; Ps. 3:3)
“your exceedingly great reward” (Gen. 15:1)
“Lord God” (Adonai Elohim; Gen. 15:2, 8; Jud. 16:28)
“the Angel of the Lord (YHWH)” (Gen. 16:7-13; 22:11-18; Ex. 3:2, 7; Num. 22:22-35; Jud. 2:1, 4; 6:11-22; 13:3, 13-22; Zech. 1:11, 12; 3:1, 5, 6; 12:8; see: Jud. 6:20)
“You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees” (Gen. 16:13)
“Almighty God” (El Shaddai; Gen. 17:1; Ezek. 10:5)
“Me” (Gen. 17:4; Lev. 26:21, 23)
“Lord” (Adonai; Gen. 18:3, 27, 30, 31, 32)
“Judge” (Gen. 18:25; Jud. 11:27; Ps. 50:6; 75:7; 94:2; Job 9:15; Isa. 33:22)
“the angel of God” (Gen. 21:17; Ex. 14:19; see Jud. 6:20)
“the Lord (YHWH), the Everlasting God” (Gen. 21:33)
“the God of heaven and the God of the earth” (Gen. 24:3)
“the Lord (YHWH) God of heaven” (Gen. 24:6)
“Lord (YHWH) God of my master Abraham” (Gen. 24:12, 27, 42, 48)
“the God of your father Abraham” (Gen. 26:24)
“the Lord (YHWH) your God” (Gen. 27:20; Ex. 6:7; 8:28; Ex. 8, 16, 17; Lev. 25:28, 55; Deut. 1:10; note 28:58; used nearly 300 times in Deut.; I Chron. 22:11-12, 18-19; 29:20; II Chron. 20:20; Ps. 76:11; 81:10; Isa. 60:9; Jer. 13:16; 42:3, 4, 5: Ezek. 20:5, 7; Hos. 12:9; 13:4; 14:1; Joel 1:14;
2:13, 14, 23, 26, 27; 3:17; Amos 9:15; Mic. 4:15; 7:10; Zeph. 3:17)
“God Almighty” (Gen. 28:3; 35:11; 43:14; 48:3; Ex. 6:3)
“the Lord (YHWH) God of Abraham your father” (Gen. 28:13; Ex. 3:6)
“the God of Isaac” (Gen. 28:13; Ex. 3:6, 15)
“the Angel of God” (Gen. 31:11; Ex. 14:9)
“the God of my father” (Gen. 31:5, 42; Ex. 18:4)
“the God of Bethel” (Gen. 31:13)
“the God of Abraham” (Gen. 31:42, 53; Ex. 3:6; 4:5; Ps. 47:9)
“the Fear of Isaac” (Gen. 31:42)
“the God of Nahor” (Gen. 31:53)
“the God of their Father” (Gen. 31:53)
“the Fear of his father Isaac” (Gen. 31:53)
“God of my father Abraham” (Gen. 32:9)
“God of my father Isaac” (Gen. 32:9)
“Man” (Gen. 32:24; Jud. 13:10-11)
“your God” (Gen. 43:2)
“the God of your father” (Gen. 43:23; 46:3; 49:25; Ex. 3:6; I Chron. 28:9)
“the God of his father Isaac” (Gen. 46:1)
“Angel” (Gen. 48:16; Ex. 23:20, 23; 32:34; Num. 20:16)
“Shiloh” (Gen. 49:10; used of the Son)
“the Mighty God of Jacob” (Gen. 49:24; Isa. 49:26)
“the Shepherd” (Gen. 49:24; Ps. 23:1)
“the Stone of Israel” (Gen. 49:24)
“the Almighty” (Gen. 49:25; Num. 24:4, 16; Ruth 1:20-21; Job 5:17; 6:4, 14; 8:3; 11:7;
13:3; 21:15, 20; 22:26; 23:16; 24:1; 27:2, 11, 13; 29:5; 31:2. 35; 32:8; 33:4; 34:10, 12;
35:13; 37:23; 40:2; Ps. 91:1; Isa. 13:6; Ezek. 1:24)
“the God of Jacob” (Ex. 3:6, 16; II Sam. 23:2; Ez. 9:4; Ps. 20:1; 46:11; 75:9; 76:6; 81:1, 4;
84:8; 94:7; 114:7; 146:5; Isa. 2:3; Mic. 4:2)
“I AM WHO I AM” (Ex. 3:14)
“I AM” (Ex. 3:14)
“the Lord (YHWH) God of your Fathers” (Ex. 3:15, 16; Deut. 1:11, 21; 6:3; Ez. 8:28)
“the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob” (Ex. 3:16)
“the Lord (YHWH) God of the Hebrews” (Ex. 3:18; 5:3; 7:16; 9:1, 13; 10:3)
“the Lord (YHWH) our God” (Ex. 3:18; 5:3; 8:10, 26; 10:25, 26; Deut. 1:6, 19, 20, 25; 6:4; Josh.
18:6; Jud. 11:24; I Ki. 8:57, 59, 61; II Ki. 19:19; I Chron. 16:14; 29:16; Ps. 90:17; 94:23;
99:5, 8-9; 105:7;113:5; Isa. 26:13; Jer. 26:16; 42:6; Dan. 9:9, 10, 13, 14, 15; Mic. 7:17)
“the Lord (YHWH) God of their fathers” (Ex. 4:5; Jud. 2:12; I Chron. 29:20; II Chron. 7:22; 11:16;
15:12; 19:4; 34:33)
“the Lord God of Israel” (Ex. 5:1; 32:27; 34:23; Josh. 7:13, 19, 20; 8:20; 9:18, 19; 13:14;
22:24; 24:2; Jud. 5:3, 5; 6:8; Ruth 2:12; I Sam. 2:30; 5:7; 10:18; 14:41; 23:10-11; I Ki.
1:48; 7:17, 20; 8:15, 23; I Chron. 16:36; 23:25; 28:4; II Chron. 6:17; 34:26; Ez. 9:15;
Ps. 41:13; 106:48; Isa. 17:6; 21:17; 24:15; 37:21; Jer. 21:4; 23:2; 25:15; 30:2; Ezek.
44:2; Mal. 2:16)
“the God of the Hebrews” (Ex. 5:3)
“your God” (Ex. 8:25)
“the Lord (YHWH) their God” (Ex. 10:7; 29:46; Lev. 26:44; II Ki. 17:16, 19; II Chron. 33:17;
Jer. 7:28; 22:9; 50:4; Ezek. 28:26; Hos. 1:7; 3:5; 7:10; Zeph. 2:7; Hag. 1:12; Zech.
9:16; 10:6)
“Mine” (Ex. 13:2; Num. 3:12, 13, 45; 8:14)
“my strength and song” (Ex. 15:2; Ps. 118:14; Isa. 12:2)
“my salvation” (Ex. 15:2; Ps. 27:1; 38:22; 62:2, 6-7; 118:14, 21; Isa. 12:2)
“my God” (Ex. 15:2)
“my father’s God” (Ex. 15:2)
“a man of war” (Ex. 15:3)
“a jealous God” (Ex. 20:5; 34:14; Deut. 4:24; 5:9; 6:15; Josh. 24:19)
“an Angel” (Ex. 23:20)
“My Angel” (Ex. 23:23)
“the God of Israel” (Ex. 24:10; Num. 16:9; Josh. 22:16; I Sam. 1:17; II Sam. 7:27; 23:3; I Ki.
8:6; 10:31; 18:26; I Chron. 4:10; II Chron. 29:7; Ez. 3:2; 5:1; 6:14; Ps. 69:6; Isa. 21:10;
30:23; 41:7; 45:3; 48:2; Jer. 24:5; Ezek. 8:4; 9:3; 10:20)
“My glory” (Ex. 29:43; 40:34; II Chron. 7:1-3; Isa. 60:7; 66:19; Mic. 2:9)
“the Lord (YHWH) who sanctifies you” (Ex. 31:13)
“Presence” (Ex. 33:14; Deut. 4:37; Jer. 5:22)
“Jealous” (Ex. 34:14)
“the glory of the Lord (YHWH)” (Ex. 40:34)
“name” (Lev. 24:11; Deut. 12:5; 16:11; II Sam. 6:2; I Ki. 8:19; II Chron. 6:5-9; Neh. 1:9; Ps.
102:12; 103:1; 105:1, 3; 113:3; 115:1; 124:8; Isa. 30:27; Ezek. 20:9, 22; 36:21-23; 39:25;
Joel 2:7; Zech. 5:4; 8:9; Mal. 1:11, 14; 2:2)
“the God of the spirits of all flesh” (Num. 16:22; 27:16)
“the Most High” (Num. 24:16; Deut. 32:8; II Sam. 22:14; Ps. 9:2; 18:13; 20:7; 38:15; 46:4;
50:14; 56:2; 73:11; 77:10; 78:17; 82:6; 83:18; 87:5; 91:1, 9; 92:1; 107:11; Isa. 14:14;
Lam. 3:35, 38; Dan. 7:18, 22, 25, 27; Hos. 7:16; 11:7)
“Star” (Num. 24:17; used of the Son)
“Scepter” (Num. 24:17; used of the Son)
“the Spirit” (Num. 27:18; I Chron. 12:18; Neh. 9:20; Ps. 139:7; 143:10; Isa. 32:15; Ezek.
2:1; 3:12, 14; 8:3; 11:1, 24; 43:5)
“the Lord (YHWH) my God” (Deut. 4:5; I Ki. 3:7; 5:5; 17:21; 8:28; I Chron. 21:17; 22:7; II Chron.
6:19; Ps. 7:1, 3; 13:3; 30:1, 12; 35:24; 38:15; 86:12; 109:26; Jer. 31:18; Dan. 9:4, 20;
Jon. 2:6; Zech. 11:4)
“a consuming fire” (Deut. 4:24; 9:3)
“the faithful God” (Deut. 7:9; see I Cor. 1:9; II Thess. 3:3)
“God of gods and Lord of lords” (Deut. 10:17)
“the great God” (Deut. 10:17; Dan. 2:45)
“Prophet” (Deut. 18:15, 18; used of the Son)
“the One who goes with you” (Deut. 31:6)
“the One who goes before you” (Deut. 31:8)
“Rock” (Deut. 32:4, 15, 18, 30, 31; II Sam. 22:2, 47; Ps. 18:2, 46; 31:3; 42:9; 62:2, 6; 71:3;
Isa. 44:8; Hab. 1:12; First Corinthians 10:4 states that the Rock was Christ)
“a God of truth” (Deut. 32:4; Isa. 55:16)
“Father” (Deut. 32:6; Isa. 63:16; 64:8; Jer. 31:9)
“the Most High” (Deut. 32:8)
“King in Jeshurun” (Deut. 33:5; used of the Son)
“the God of Jeshurun” (Deut. 33:26)
“the eternal God” (Deut. 33:27)
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