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Friday, March 28, 2008

Bible Questions Answered: Names Of God

Bible Questions Answered:
I heard some last sunday pray to rapa, what is that?
Ernie R./ Uba City, California

Bible Answers:
The Old Testament contains at least sixteen names for God, one of which you mention..”Rapha.”


Adonai: Lord. Lord of Lords, and King of Kings.

Malachi 1:6 KJV NLT
The LORD of Heaven's Armies says to the priests: "A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am your Father and Master, where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have shown contempt for my name!...”


El-Elyon: The Lord God most high.

Genesis 14:17-20 NLT
17 After Abram returned from his victory over Kedorlaomer and all his allies, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
18 And Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a priest of God Most High,* brought Abram some bread and wine.
19 Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing:
"Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth."
20 And blessed be God Most High,who has defeated your enemies for you."


Elohim: The Lord God, of power and might.

Genesis 1:1,26 KJV
[1] In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
[26] And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.


El-Olam: The Everlasting God.

Isaiah 40:28 KJV
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.”


El-Roi: God Sees.

Genesis 16:13 KJV
And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after Him that seeth me?”


El-Shaddai: The Almighty God.

Genesis 17:1-3 KJV
[1] And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
[2] And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
[3] And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him...”


Jehovah: (Yahweh) God's Salvation (Jehovah the Lord).

Psalms 83:18 KJV
That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.


Jehovah-Jireh: The Lord who will provide.

Genesis 22:13-14 KJV
[13] And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
[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.


Jehovah – Maccaddeshem, the Lord who sanctifies.

Exodus 31:13 KJV
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. “


Jehovah-Nissi: “The Lord is our banner (conqueror).

Exodus 17:15 KJV
"And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:"


Jehovah-Rapha: The Lord is our healer.

Exodus 15:26 KJV
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.


Jehovah-Rohi: The Lord is my Shepherd.

Psalm 23:1 KJV
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”


Jehovah-Sabbaoth: The Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 6:1-3 KJV
[1] In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple.
[2] Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
[3] And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory.


Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord is peace.

Judges 6:24 KJV
Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.”


Jehovah-Shammah: The Lord is there.

Ezekiel 48:35 NLT
"The distance around the entire city will be 6 miles. And from that day the name of the city will be 'The LORD Is There."


Jehovah-Tsidkenu: The Lord is our righteousness.

Jeremiah 23:6 NLT
5 "For the time is coming, says the LORD,
when I will raise up a righteous descendant
from King David's line (Jesus Christ, the son of God).
He will be a King who rules with wisdom.
He will do what is just and right
throughout the land.
6 And this will be His name:
'The LORD Is Our Righteousness..."


Isaiah 55:6 KJV Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near: