35 NAMES, TITLES AND NATURE OF YHVH

PART 1

EL – This Name of YHVH means Might, Strength and Power and appears over 250 times in the Tanakh. Appears primarily in the construct relation when describing the YHVH of Yisrael.

1) YHVH -- I AM

“And YHVH said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and He said, thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.” (EXODUS 3:14)

2) EL-ELOHIYM -- CREATOR

“In the beginning YHVH created the heaven and the earth.” (GENESIS 1:1)

3) EL-ABBA -- FATHER

“And Adonai YHVH formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” (GENESIS 2:7)

4) EL-ELYON -- MOST-HIGH

“And blessed be the Most-High YHVH, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And He gave him tithes of all.” (GENESIS 14:20) // “he hath said, which heard the Words of YHVH, and knew the knowledge of the Most-High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open” (NUMBERS 24:16) // “I will be glad and rejoice in Thee: I will sing praise to Thy Name, O Thou Most-High.” (PSALM 9:2)

5) EL-SHADDAI -- MY SUPPLY

“As for Me, behold, My Covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.” (GENESIS 17:4)

6) EL-ADONAI -- MY LORD / MY MASTER

“And said, my Lord, if now I have found favour in Thy sight, pass not away, I pray Thee, from Thy servant:” (GENESIS 18:3)

7) EL-OLAM -- EVERLASTING

“And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-Sheba, and called there on the Name of Adonai, the Everlasting God.” (GENESIS 21:33) // “Adonai, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art YHVH. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, return, ye children of men.” (PSALM 90:1-3) // “Thy Throne is established of old: Thou art from Everlasting.” (PSALM 93:2) // “Trust ye in Adonai for ever: for in Adonai YHVH is Everlasting strength” (ISAIAH 26:4)

8) EL-YIREH -- MY PROVIDER

“And Abraham said, my son, YHVH will provide Himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.” (GENESIS 22:8)

9) EL-ROPHE -- MY HEALER

“And said, if thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Adonai thy YHVH, 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 Adonai that healeth thee.” (EXODUS 15:26)

10) EL-NISSI -- MY VICTORY

“And Moses built an altar, and called the Name of it YHVH-Nissi” (EXODUS 17:15)

11) EL-KANNA -- THE JEALOUS YHVH

“Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I Adonai thy YHVH am a Jealous YHVH, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me” (EXODUS 20:5) // “For thou shalt worship no other god: for Adonai, whose Name is Jealous, is a Jealous YHVH” (EXODUS 34:14)

12) EL-CHANNUN -- GRACIOUS ONE

“And Adonai passed by before him, and proclaimed, Adonai, Adonai YHVH, Merciful and Gracious, Longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth” (EXODUS 34:6) // “And he prayed unto Adonai, and said, I pray Thee, O YHVH, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore, I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that Thou art a Gracious YHVH, and Merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest Thee of the evil.” (JONAH 4:2)

13) EL-M’KADDESH -- MY SANCTIFIER

“Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am Adonai your YHVH. And ye shall keep My Statutes, and do them: I am Adonai which Sanctify you.” (LEVITICUS 20:7, 8)

14) EL-RACHUM -- THE YHVH OF COMPASSION

“For Adonai thy YHVH is a merciful YHVH; He will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the Covenant of thy fathers which He sware unto them.” (DEUTERONOMY 4:31)

15) EL-HANNE’EMAN -- THE FAITHFUL YHVH

“Know therefore that Adonai thy YHVH, He is YHVH, the Faithful YHVH, which keepeth Covenant and Mercy with them that love Him and keep His Commandments to a thousand generations” (DEUTERONOMY 7:9)

16) EL-HAGGADOL -- THE GREAT YHVH

“For Adonai your YHVH is YHVH of gods, and Adonai of lords, a Great YHVH, a Mighty, and a Terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward” (DEUTERONOMY 10:17)

17) EL-SHALOM -- MY PEACE

“Then Gideon built an altar there unto Adonai, and called it YHVH-Shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.” (JUDGES 6:24)

18) EL-DE’OT -- THE YHVH OF KNOWLEDGE

“Talk no more so exceedingly proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for Adonai is a YHVH of Knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.” (1 SAMUEL 2:3)