Help me discover all the names of God. I want to know the name, the meaning and the origin to increase my own understanding.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
I am collecting the names that people have used and use now for God. I want to know what the names mean and where they originated. If you know any you can add to the list please feel free to help.
the source, creator, ashem, g-d, shechina (the female aspect of god), then there is the concept of Jewish Renewal that g-d is a verb but I don't know if other verbs are used in place of g-d. The tradition Father, Lord
sada miyazaki said• M.Eckhart, a medieval German theologist, wrote " Deus has no name, so when I say Deus is good, then my statement becomes false" Sounds good?
sada miyazaki • In the Japanese mind, God is called "kami", which originally means "hidden being" that supports and sustains phenomenal beings and universe.
sada miyazaki said "Our "kami" is a holographic entity that involves one God, many gods and phenomenal gods. So, Jesus, Allah,Shiva and other religious entity are included in "kami" in a holographic way. "kami" is often metaphorically expressed in a form of cone, where kami is a cone top, perpendicular line, cone base and a whole cone as well.?
What are the names for God? My goodness when I started typing, I ended up with quite a few names for God, and I know there are so many more.
I use the word God although I accept that God is beyond names. Some of the more fashionable ones at the moment, other than those you have mentioned are...
light - Jesus says, i am the light of the world, and the main archetype for God through time (according to Ken Wilber) is that God is seen as a white light. The Gospel of John starts by referring to the light. There are numerous other references to God as light. And many (all?) mystical experiences refer to Light.
the sacred, the divine
presence - the idea being partly that our physical lives largely avoid being in the present. We live in past memories or future concerns or anticipation of happiness. God is always available in the present moment. Be still and know that I am God.
Jesus - Christians see Jesus as one with God.
Love, as in "God is Love" in the new testament.
Lord – Many Christian bibles have gone through and replaced the words Eloihim and Yahweh with the word LORD. It is written in capitals to show it is a replacement.
Adoni. Sorry, my Hebrew is non existent, but I have been to synagogue a couple of times and when they say Blessed be God for ever – a phrase I recognise in mass, they use the word Adoni. I may be misspelling it!
Father, also Abba in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, translated as Daddy.
The Creator
Shepherd
All that is. when Moses asks God who shall I say sent me, he answers. "All that is" This is my name for all generations.
Spirit, Ruach (sorry don't know how to spell this.) I am very fond of this one. Apparently it is the word used when God breathes life into man in the 2nd creation story in Genesis. I also heard that, rather interestingly, it is a female noun.
Sophia. I would love to check on this one. Again, by my understanding, a feminine noun used to describe God in the Hebrew Bible.
Wisdom. In the book of Wisdom, the word Wisdom is used as a name for God, then referred to as She. Half way through it is replaced by Yahweh. (Wisdom is also referred to in Proverbs as she. )
Apologies Sheryl that I cannot give you clearer derivations of some of these names for God. It has been interesting to reflect on the number of names for one who is beyond names.
Elah - Aramaic - Means Gods first appearing in the Hebrew Bible in Jeremiah 10:11.
ReplyDeleteEloah - Hebrew - Used mostly in Job meaning something like might, powerful one, although the original root is unknown
ReplyDeleteEloah Ya'alov - Hebrew - God of Jacob.
ReplyDeleteEloah Selichoat - Hebrew - God of Forgiveness
ReplyDeleteYWVH - Hebrew - Pronounced Yahweh is the most common sacred name for God often translated as most high.
ReplyDeleteEl - Hebrew - most often translated as father.
ReplyDeleteSelf.
ReplyDeleteSuggestion from Carol Dennis
ReplyDeletethe source, creator, ashem, g-d, shechina (the female aspect of god), then there is the concept of Jewish Renewal that g-d is a verb but I don't know if other verbs are used in place of g-d. The tradition Father, Lord
sada miyazaki said• M.Eckhart, a medieval German theologist, wrote " Deus has no name, so when I say Deus is good, then my statement becomes false"
ReplyDeleteSounds good?
P.W. Dowdy says• Adonai Elohim
ReplyDeletesada miyazaki • In the Japanese mind, God is called "kami", which originally means "hidden being" that supports and sustains phenomenal beings and universe.
ReplyDeletesada miyazaki said "Our "kami" is a holographic entity that involves one God, many gods and phenomenal gods. So, Jesus, Allah,Shiva and other religious entity are included in "kami" in a holographic way. "kami" is often metaphorically expressed in a form of cone, where kami is a cone top, perpendicular line, cone base and a whole cone as well.?
What are the names for God? My goodness when I started typing, I ended up with quite a few names for God, and I know there are so many more.
ReplyDeleteI use the word God although I accept that God is beyond names.
Some of the more fashionable ones at the moment, other than those you have mentioned are...
light - Jesus says, i am the light of the world, and the main archetype for God through time (according to Ken Wilber) is that God is seen as a white light. The Gospel of John starts by referring to the light. There are numerous other references to God as light. And many (all?) mystical experiences refer to Light.
the sacred,
the divine
presence - the idea being partly that our physical lives largely avoid being in the present. We live in past memories or future concerns or anticipation of happiness. God is always available in the present moment. Be still and know that I am God.
Jesus - Christians see Jesus as one with God.
Love,
as in "God is Love" in the new testament.
Lord – Many Christian bibles have gone through and replaced the words Eloihim and Yahweh with the word LORD. It is written in capitals to show it is a replacement.
Adoni. Sorry, my Hebrew is non existent, but I have been to synagogue a couple of times and when they say Blessed be God for ever – a phrase I recognise in mass, they use the word Adoni. I may be misspelling it!
Father, also Abba in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, translated as Daddy.
The Creator
Shepherd
All that is.
when Moses asks God who shall I say sent me, he answers. "All that is" This is my name for all generations.
Spirit, Ruach (sorry don't know how to spell this.) I am very fond of this one. Apparently it is the word used when God breathes life into man in the 2nd creation story in Genesis. I also heard that, rather interestingly, it is a female noun.
Sophia. I would love to check on this one. Again, by my understanding, a feminine noun used to describe God in the Hebrew Bible.
Wisdom. In the book of Wisdom, the word Wisdom is used as a name for God, then referred to as She. Half way through it is replaced by Yahweh. (Wisdom is also referred to in Proverbs as she. )
Apologies Sheryl that I cannot give you clearer derivations of some of these names for God. It has been interesting to reflect on the number of names for one who is beyond names.
God bless you,
With the Love we are,
Katherine
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