[joeNM]

Names of God




Old Testament (The Hebrew Scriptures, or Tanach):
EL: God ("mighty, strong, prominent") used 250 times in the OT See Gen. 7:1, 28:3, 35:11; Nu. 23:22; Josh. 3:10; 2 Sam. 22:31, 32; Neh. 1:5, 9:32; Isa. 9:6; Ezek. 10:5. El is linguistically equivalent to the Muslim "Allah," but the attributes of Allah in Islam are entirely different from those of the God of the Hebrews. ELAH is Aramaic, "god." Elah appears in the Hebrew Bible in Jer. 10:11 (which is in Aramaic, and is plural, "gods"). In Daniel (the Aramaic sections) Elah is used both of pagan gods, and of the true God, also plural. Elah is equivalent to the Hebrew Eloah which some think is dual; Elohim is three or more. The gods of the nations are called "elohim." The origin of Eloah is obscure. Elohim is the more common plural form of El. Eloah is used 41 times in Job between 3:4 and 40:2, but fewer than 15 times elsewhere in the OT. See the Catholic Encyclopedia entry on Elohim.

ELOHIM: God (a plural noun, more than two, used with singular verbs); Elohim occurs 2,570 times in the OT, 32 times in Gen. 1. God as Creator, Preserver, Transcendent, Mighty and Strong. Eccl., Dan. Jonah use Elohim almost exclusively. See Gen. 17:7, 6:18, 9:15, 50:24; I Kings 8:23; Jer. 31:33; Isa. 40:1.

EL SHADDAI: God Almighty or "God All Sufficient." 48 times in the OT, 31 times in Job. First used in Gen. 17:1, 2. (Gen. 31:29, 49:24, 25; Prov. 3:27; Micah 2:1; Isa. 60:15, 16, 66:10-13; Ruth 1:20, 21) In Rev. 16:7, "Lord God the Almighty." The Septuagint uses Greek "ikanos" meaning "all-sufficient" or "self-sufficient." The idols of the heathen are called "sheddim."

ADONAI: Lord in our English Bibles (Capital letter 'L ', lower case, 'ord') (Adonai is plural, the sing. is "adon"). "Master'' or "Lord" 300 times in the OT always plural when referring to God, when sing. the reference is to a human lord. Used 215 times to refer to men. First use of Adonai, Gen. 15:2. (Ex. 4:10; Judges 6:15; 2 Sam. 7:18-20; Ps. 8, 114:7, 135:5, 141:8, 109:21-28). Heavy use in Isaiah (Adonai Jehovah). 200 times by Ezekiel. Ten times in Dan. 9.



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JEHOVAH: LORD in our English Bibles (all capitals). Yahweh is the covenant name of God. Occurs 6823 times in the OT First use Gen. 2:4 (Jehovah Elohim). From the verb "to be", havah, similar to chavah (to live), "The Self-Existent One," "I AM WHO I AM" or 'I WILL BE WHO I WILL BE" as revealed to Moses at the burning bush, Ex.3. The name of God, too sacred to be uttered, abbreviated ( . . . . ) or written "YHWH" without vowel points. The tetragrammaton. Josh., Judges, Sam., and Kings use Jehovah almost exclusively. The love of God is conditioned upon His moral and spiritual attributes. (Dan. 9:14; Ps. 11:7; Lev. 19:2; Hab. 1:12). Note Deut. 6:4, 5 known to Jews as the Sh'ma uses both Jehovah and Elohim to indicate one God with a plurality of persons.

JEHOVAH-JIREH: "The Lord will Provide." Gen. 22:14. From "jireh" ("to see" or "to provide," or to "foresee" as a prophet.) God always provides, adequate when the times come.

JEHOVAH-ROPHE: "The Lord Who Heals" Ex. 15:22-26. From "rophe" ("to heal"); implies spiritual, emotional as well as physical healing. (Jer. 30:17, 3:22; Isa. 61:1) God heals body, soul and spirit; all levels of man's being.

JEHOVAH-NISSI: "The Lord Our Banner." Ex. 17:15. God on the battlefield, from word which means "to glisten," "to lift up," See Psalm 4:6.

JEHOVAH-M'KADDESH: "The Lord Who Sanctifies" Lev. 20:8. "To make whole, set apart for holiness."

JEHOVAH-SHALOM: "The Lord Our Peace" Judges 6:24. "Shalom" translated "peace" 170 times means "whole," "finished," "fulfilled," "perfected." Related to "well," welfare." Deut. 27:6; Dan. 5:26; I Kings 9:25 8:61; Gen. 15:16; Ex. 21:34, 22:5, 6; Lev. 7:11-21. Shalom means that kind of peace that results from being a whole person in right relationship to God and to one's fellow man.

SHEPHERD: Psa. 23, 79:13, 95:7, 80:1, 100:3; Gen. 49:24; Isa. 40:11.

JUDGE: Psa. 7:8, 96:13.

JEHOVAH ELOHIM: "LORD God" Gen. 2:4; Judges 5:3; Isa. 17:6; Zeph. 2:9; Psa. 59:5, etc.

JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU "The Lord Our Righteousness" Jer. 23:5, 6, 33:16. From "tsidek" (straight, stiff, balanced - as on scales - full weight, justice, right, righteous, declared innocent.) God our Righteousness.

JEHOVAH-ROHI: "The Lord Our Shepherd" Psa. 23, from "ro'eh" (to pasture).

JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH: "The Lord is There" (Ezek. 48:35).

JEHOVAH-SABAOTH: "The Lord of Hosts" The commander of the angelic host and the armies of God. Isa. 1:24; Psa. 46:7, 11; 2 Kings 3:9-12; Jer. 11:20 (NT: Rom. 9:29; James 5:4, Rev. 19: 11-16).



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EL ELYON: 'Most High" (from "to go up") Deut. 26:19, 32:8; Psa. 18:13; Gen. 14:18; Nu. 24:16; Psa. 78:35, 7:17, 18:13, 97:9, 56:2, 78:56, 18:13; Dan. 7:25, 27; Isa. 14:14.

ABHIR: 'Mighty One', ("to be strong") Gen. 49:24; Deut. 10:17; Psa. 132:2, 5; Isa. 1:24, 49:26, 60:1.

BRANCH: (tsemach), The Branch: Zech. 3:8, 6:12; Isa. 4:2; Jer. 23:5, 33:15.

KADOSH: "Holy One" Psa. 71:22; Isa. 40:25, 43:3, 48:17. Isaiah uses the expression "the Holy One of Israel" 29 times.

SHAPHAT: "Judge" Gen. 18:25

EL ROI: "God of Seeing" Hagar in Gen. 16:13. The God Who opens our eyes.

KANNA: "Jealous" (zealous). Ex. 20:5, 34:14; Deut. 5:9; Isa. 9:7; Zech. 1:14, 8:2.

PALET: "Deliverer" Psa. 18:2.

YESHA: (Y'shua) "Savior" Isa. 43:3. Jesus is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew "Joshua." The latter is a contraction of Je-Hoshua. ("Christ", the anointed one is equivalent to the Hebrew Maschiah, or Messiah).

GAOL: "Redeemer" (to buy back by paying a price). Job 19:25; For example, the antitype corresponding to Boaz the Kinsman-Redeemer in the Book of Ruth.

MAGEN: "Shield" Psa. 3:3, 18:30.

STONE: Gen. 49:24

EYALUTH: "Strength" Psa. 22:19.

TSADDIQ: "Righteous One" Psa. 7:9.

EL-OLAM: "Everlasting God" (God of everlasting time) Gen. 21:33; Psa. 90:1-3, 93:2; Isa. 26:4.

EL-BERITH: "God of the Covenant" Used of Baal in Judges 9:46. Probably used originally to refer to the God of israel.

EL-GIBHOR: Mighty God (Isa. 9:6)

ZUR: "God our Rock" Deut. 32:18; Isa. 30:29.

Malachi calls Messiah "The Sun of Righteousness" (Malachi 4:2).

Isaiah calls Messiah "Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God (El Gibhor), Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" (Isa. 9:6).

'Attiq Yomin (Aramaic): "Ancient of Days," Dan. 7:9, 13, 22.

MELEKH: "King" Psa. 5:2, 29:10, 44:4, 47:6-8, 48:2, 68:24, 74:12, 95:3, 97:1, 99:4, 146:10; Isa. 5:1, 5, 41:21, 43:15, 44:6; 52:7, 52:10.

"The Angel of the Lord: " Gen. 16:7ff, 21:17, 22:11, 15ff, 18:1-19:1, 24:7, 40, 31:11-13, 32:24-30; Ex. 3:6, 13:21, Ezek. 1:10-13. Seen in the theophanies, or pre-incarnate appearances of the Son of God in the OT (See I Cor. 10:3 NT).

FATHER: 2 Sam. 7:14-15; Psa. 68:5; Isa. 63:16, 64:8; Mal. 1

[Zelda]

This is interesting.
But are you sure the attributes of Allah are entirely different from those of the God of the Hebrews?

[TeamManager]

>This is interesting.
>But are you sure the attributes of Allah are entirely
>different from those of the God of the Hebrews?

Abba, Father

Such an intimate name of God, all because of what Christ did for us at calvary.

[joeNM]

For manY years i thought the god of the muslims was the same as the God of isaac abraham and jacob. but i have come to realise that allah is not JEHOVAH.

[Zelda]

ultimately, it's only God who could answer the question on whether or not Allah = Elohim.
my point is NOT that they are one and the same, but that some of the attributes given to the Hebrew God in the Tanakh have been given to the Muslim God in the Qur'an.

There's a website listing the 99 Islamic Names/ Attributes of God: http://www.mandinkapeople.com/99Names.htm

If you consider some of these names side by side with the ones you listed for the Hebrew God, you get some interesting correspondences...

[Zelda]

>EL: God ("mighty, strong, prominent") used 250 times in the OT See Gen. 7:1, 28:3, 35:11; >Nu. 23:22; Josh. 3:10; 2 Sam. 22:31, 32; Neh. 1:5, 9:32; Isa. 9:6; Ezek. 10:5. El is >linguistically equivalent to the Muslim "Allah," but the attributes of Allah in Islam are entirely >different from those of the God of the Hebrews.
ELAH is Aramaic, "god." Elah appears in the >Hebrew Bible in Jer. 10:11 (which is in Aramaic, and is plural, "gods"). In Daniel (the >Aramaic sections) Elah is used both of pagan gods, and of the true God, also plural. Elah is >equivalent to the Hebrew Eloah which some think is dual; Elohim is three or more. The gods >of the nations are called "elohim." The origin of Eloah is obscure. Elohim is the more >common plural form of El. Eloah is used 41 times in Job between 3:4 and 40:2, but fewer >than 15 times elsewhere in the OT. See the Catholic Encyclopedia entry on Elohim.
> ELOHIM: God (a plural noun, more than two, used with singular verbs); Elohim occurs 2,570 times in the OT, 32 times in Gen. 1. God as Creator, Preserver, Transcendent, Mighty and Strong. Eccl., Dan. Jonah use Elohim almost exclusively. See Gen. 17 , 6:18, 9:15, 50:24; I Kings 8:23; Jer. 31:33; Isa. 40:1.
>JEHOVAH ELOHIM: "LORD God" Gen. 2:4; Judges 5:3; Isa. 17:6; Zeph. 2 ; Psa. 59:5, etc.

Allah. This is the first of the 99 names for God in Islam. According to Islamic tradition, the prophet Muhammad said, “To God belongs 99 names, 100 minus 1, anyone who memorizes them will enter Paradise; He (God) is odd (odd number, he is the Only One), and He loves odd numbers (such as 99).” This is a good place to begin with Muslims since they acknowledge the existence of one god, and the Qu’ran says (7:180): God has the Most Excellent Names. Call on him by His Names. Pray for the MNK to seek out the One True God as they recite these 99 names several times each day. I am the Lord your God; you shall have no other gods before me. – Exodus 20:2,3
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>EL ELYON: 'Most High" (from "to go up") Deut. 26:19, 32:8; Psa. 18:13; Gen. 14:18; Nu. 24:16; Psa. 78:35, 7:17, 18:13, 97 , 56:2, 78:56, 18:13; Dan. 7:25, 27; Isa. 14:14.

The 37th name for God in Islam is Al-‘Aliyy, the Most High, the Most Great. The verse in the Qu’ran that mentions this name for God is Surah 2:255. It talks about Allah sustaining and protecting all that exists, and that he feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving. The frightening thing about false religions is that truth is often contained within them. Pray for the MNK to know the True Most High God, the Omnipotent one who neither slumbers nor sleeps.

The 78th name for God in Islam is Al-Muta’ali, the most exalted. How do you exalt God? God is exalted by our worship of Him; God is exalted by our praise of Him; God is exalted by our love for Him; God is exalted when we acknowledge He is God! Pray for the MNK to truly exalt God for who He is, God, the Creator of the universe and the one concerned with our individual lives.
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>KADOSH: "Holy One" Psa. 71:22; Isa. 40:25, 43:3, 48:17. Isaiah uses the expression "the Holy One of Israel" 29 times.

Al-Quddus, The Most Holy is the 5th name for God in Islam. Understanding what a Muslim means when he says God is holy is crucial to witnessing. For the Muslim God is “the one who is pure from any imperfection and clear from children and adversaries.” Muslims do not believe Jesus is the Son of God. Pray for MNKs to acknowledge God’s Holiness without putting human limitations on Him. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory. – Isaiah 6:3
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>SHAPHAT: "Judge" Gen. 18:25
> JUDGE: Psa. 7:8, 96:13.

Al-Hakam, is the 29th name for God in Islam. Translated it means the arbitrator, the Judge, His judgment is His word. God is indeed the ultimate Judge, but as Scripture points out, He judges in righteousness. The Islamic concept of God’s judgment is divided into two camps: those who follow Islam, and those who do not. MNKs miss the opportunity to know God by aligning themselves under a religion over a relationship. Pray for the MNK to seek out God’s righteousness and His grace; pray for them to be prepared for His judgment.
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> JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU "The Lord Our Righteousness" Jer. 23:5, 6, 33:16. From "tsidek" (straight, stiff, balanced - as on scales - full weight, justice, right, righteous, declared innocent.) God our Righteousness.
>TSADDIQ: "Righteous One" Psa. 7

The 30th name for God in Islam is Al-‘Adl, the One who is entitled to do what He does, the Just, the Equitable. In this passage of Scripture the Israelites were confessing their sins before God, acknowledging that God acted justly and faithfully while they did not. In other words, God was consistent. The MNK believe God’s justice is unpredictable, that he dispenses judgment with no rhyme or reason to his actions. Pray for the MNK to know that God’s actions are based entirely upon His consistency of character; pray for them to know that He does not change.

[Zelda]

>EL ROI: "God of Seeing" Hagar in Gen. 16:13. The God Who opens our eyes.
>JEHOVAH-ROHI: "The Lord Our Shepherd" Psa. 23, from "ro'eh" (to pasture).
> SHEPHERD: Psa. 23, 79:13, 95 , 80:1, 100:3; Gen. 49:24; Isa. 40:11.

The 28th name of God in Islam is Al-Basir, the All-Seeing, the one who “sees all things that are seen by His Eternal, seeing without a pupil or any other instrument.” Nearly every one of God’s creations has eyes or some way of “seeing.” Just as God does not need ears to hear, He does not need eyes to see. Yet we do. And God admonishes us to have spiritual eyes. Pray for the MNK to have the ability to see the glory of the Lord! And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. – Isaiah 40:5
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>MELEKH: "King" Psa. 5:2, 29:10, 44:4, 47:6-8, 48:2, 68:24, 74:12, 95:3, 97:1, 99:4, >146:10; Isa. 5:1, 5, 41:21, 43:15, 44:6; 52 , 52:10.

Al-Malik. The King, the Monarch. This is the 4th name for God in Islam. They define this to be “the one with the complete Dominion, the One Whose Dominion is clear from imperfection.” Islam acknowledges that God is in control, but they deny the possibility of having a personal relationship with Him. Pray for MNKs to desire to know God, just as God desired to have that relationship with Israel; pray for them to declare God KING above all. I am the Lord, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator, your King. – Isaiah 43:15

The 84th name for God in Islam is Malik-ul-Mulk, Owner of the Kingdom. If you own something, it is entirely yours. The Qu’ran indicates that God gives and takes and changes his mind with great frequency (Surah 3:26). But that is not the true nature of God. Indeed nothing is hidden from Him, because He is in all and above all. Pray for the MNK to open their eyes and hearts and minds to the God who established all things, including our very lives; pray for their souls to yearn for the living God of creation.
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> JEHOVAH-SHALOM: "The Lord Our Peace" Judges 6:24. "Shalom" translated "peace" 170 times means "whole," "finished," "fulfilled," "perfected." Related to "well," welfare." Deut. 27:6; Dan. 5:26; I Kings 9:25 8:61; Gen. 15:16; Ex. 21:34, 22:5, 6; Lev. 7:11-21. Shalom means that kind of peace that results from being a whole person in right relationship to God and to one's fellow man.

As-Salam. The 6th name of God in Islam is the All-Peaceful, the Bestower of peace. To the Muslim this means “the one who is free from every imperfection.” In the Arab world, as well as the Jewish world, an expression of “peace be upon this home and those who dwell in it” is a common greeting. True peace comes only from the One True God. Pray for MNKs to know that peace with God comes from knowing Him, from a personal relationship with the One who is Peace, and that this peace can permeate every aspect of life. God of peace… peace of God… peace of Christ – Romans 16:20; Phil 4:7; Col 3:15
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> JEHOVAH-JIREH: "The Lord will Provide." Gen. 22:14. From "jireh" ("to see" or "to provide," or to "foresee" as a prophet.) God always provides, adequate when the times

The 18th name for God in Islam is Ar-Razzaq, The Provider, the Sustainer. God does provide; God does sustain; God also judges every heart. Pray for MNKs to know that their daily sustenance comes from God, both physical and spiritual. If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! – Matthew 7:11

The 40th name for God in Islam is Al-Mughith, the Sustainer, the one who has the power. God is indeed the God who sustains. Scripture is full of promises like the one found in Psalm 55:22 – simply allow the Lord to sustain you in all areas of your life. It is His desire to do so, and what good does it do us to worry about those things? Pray for the MNK to place their whole lives in the hands of the One who truly cares for them and desires to Sustain them.
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>EL SHADDAI: God Almighty or "God All Sufficient." 48 times in the OT, 31 times in Job. First used in Gen. 17:1, 2. (Gen. 31:29, 49:24, 25; Prov. 3:27; Micah 2:1; Isa. 60:15, 16, 66:10-13; Ruth 1:20, 21) In Rev. 16 , "Lord God the Almighty." The Septuagint uses Greek "ikanos" meaning "all-sufficient" or "self-sufficient." The idols of the heathen are called "sheddim."

The 65th name for God in Islam is Al-Wajid, the self-sufficient, the all-perceiving. When Adam and Eve sinned by eating fruit from the forbidden tree, God was well aware, and He was grieved. Still they thought they could hide from Him, emotionally, physically, spiritually. Pray for the MNK to know that God is indeed all-perceiving and self-sufficient, and that He desires a personal, honest, open relationship with mankind; pray for the MNK to realize we cannot hide behind good works and religion.

The 88th name for God in Islam is Al-Ghani, the Rich One who is self-Sufficient. God is indeed self-sufficient; he was in the beginning; he created all things, without him nothing was made that was made. God created mankind for one purpose: to worship and fellowship with Him. The MNK see God as aloof and distant, as one who needs absolutely nothing. Pray for the MNK to look to God as a father, one who desires to be close to his children, one who cares and provides for his children.
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> ABHIR: 'Mighty One', ("to be strong") Gen. 49:24; Deut. 10:17; Psa. 132:2, 5; Isa. 1:24, 49:26, 60:1.
>EYALUTH: “Strength" Psa. 22:19.


The 54th name for God in Islam is Al-Qawiyy, the most strong, the one with the complete power. Following the prescribed ways of keeping God’s laws for worship and living enables Muslims to determine who the true believers in Allah are. Yet Scripture is clear that God looks at our hearts; He knows the truth. Our actions must be an extension of God’s character. Pray for MNKs to allow their hearts to know God and to follow Him in truth.

The 9th name given to God by Muslims is Al-‘Aziz, the Mighty, the Almighty, the powerful; the meaning is “the Defeater who is not defeated.” They see God as a warrior, one who fights for them, and calls them to fight on earth on His behalf. Unfortunately they miss the significance that God does not need our help; by very definition of Almighty, He is able to do everything and anything according to His will. Pray for MNKs to know that God is unchanging; that the same God who was, still is, and will always be the Almighty, with or without man’s help! The Lord God says: I am the Alpha and the Omega, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. – Revelation 1:8

Al-Muqtadir, the powerful, is the 70th name for God in Islam. In the book of Job, Elihu was restating characteristics of God. Many think God, in His infinite power, performs evil, acts out of character; but Scripture teaches us that God does not cause evil. He brings about perfect judgment based upon the laws He has established for our good. Pray for the MNK to see God’s power as a comfort, as a sustaining feature of life; pray for them to not fear God’s wrath, rather to rest in His presence.
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>EL-OLAM: "Everlasting God" (God of everlasting time) Gen. 21:33; Psa. 90:1-3, 93:2; Isa. 26:4.


The 96th name for God in Islam is Al-Baqi, the Everlasting. Bound up together with this attribute of God is the acquisition of eternal life. Islam teaches that if you “work for Allah’s sake, for Allah’s pleasure, for the benefit of Allah’s creation now and in the future, when all is ended and this body has returned to dust, one’s work will carry one to eternity.” The definition of grace is the unmerited favor of God. No amount of good works will provide you a place in heaven. Pray for the MNK to desire a personal relationship with God over everything else

[Zelda]

Those are just a few examples. Of course, it's also possible to differences from the same sources.