The Names of God in Hebrew

The Hebrew Bible names God with a few words and many combinations of them. Elohim, “God,” is the first in Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:1 · King James VersionIn the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.Genesis 1:1 · King James VersionOpen source. YHWH, the personal name, is printed LORD in the King James Version. Adonai means Lord. El, “God” or “mighty one,” is joined to other words to make El Shaddai (God Almighty), El Elyon (God Most High), El Olam (the everlasting God), and El Roi (the God who sees). This page gives each name with its Hebrew, Strong’s number, meaning, first occurrence, and key verses, and links the names with pages of their own.

Key Points

• Elohim (H430) is the ordinary word for God. See What Does Elohim Mean?
• YHWH (H3068) is the personal name, connected to “I AM THAT I AM” in Exodus 3:14–15Exodus 3:14 · King James VersionAnd God 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 · King James VersionOpen source. See What Is the Tetragrammaton?
• Adonai (H136) is Lord, used of God alone. See What Does Adonai Mean?
• El Shaddai is God Almighty, the name given to Abram in Genesis 17:1Genesis 17:1 · King James VersionAnd 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.Genesis 17:1 · King James VersionOpen source. See What Does El Shaddai Mean?
• El Elyon is God Most High, first in Genesis 14:18Genesis 14:18 · King James VersionAnd Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.Genesis 14:18 · King James VersionOpen source. See What Does El Elyon Mean?
• The LORD of hosts and the Jehovah compound names join YHWH to another word. See What Does LORD of Hosts Mean? and The Jehovah Compound Names
• Tap a Hebrew word to see its Strong’s entry, then open its word page for every verse. (1)

How the King James Prints the Names

Elohim

Elohim at a Glance

Hebrew	אֱלֹהִים (elohim)
Strong’s Number	H430
Strong’s Definition	elohim: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
Meaning	The ordinary Hebrew word for God. It is plural in form and takes a singular verb when it means the God of Israel.
King James Version	God, and gods when the subject is not the true God
Verses in the Hebrew Text	elohim (H430): 2,246
First Occurrence	elohim: Genesis 1:1

Key Verses for Elohim (11 verses)

Reference	King James Version
Genesis 1:1	In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:26	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.
Genesis 17:7	And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Exodus 20:2	I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Exodus 20:3	Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Deuteronomy 6:4	Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Psalm 45:6	Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
Psalm 82:1	God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
Isaiah 40:3	The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Isaiah 45:22	Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Hebrews 1:8	But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

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El

El at a Glance

Hebrew	אֵל (el)
Strong’s Number	H410
Strong’s Definition	el: strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
Meaning	The short word for God or a mighty one. It is the first half of El Shaddai, El Elyon, El Olam, and El Roi, and of the title Mighty God in Isaiah 9:6.
King James Version	God, and in names such as Bethel and Israel
Verses in the Hebrew Text	el (H410): 235
First Occurrence	el: Genesis 14:18

Key Verses for El (9 verses)

Reference	King James Version
Genesis 14:18	And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
Genesis 16:13	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?
Genesis 17:1	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.
Genesis 21:33	And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
Genesis 35:7	And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Deuteronomy 7:9	Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Psalm 19:1	The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Isaiah 9:6	For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 45:22	Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

Eloah

Eloah at a Glance

Hebrew	אֱלוֹהַּ (eloha)
Strong’s Number	H433
Strong’s Definition	eloha: a deity or the Deity
Meaning	The singular of Elohim. Forty-one of its verses are in Job.
King James Version	God
Verses in the Hebrew Text	eloha (H433): 59
First Occurrence	eloha: Deuteronomy 32:15

Key Verses for Eloah (4 verses)

Reference	King James Version
Deuteronomy 32:15	But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Job 3:4	Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Psalm 18:31	For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
Isaiah 44:8	Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

El Shaddai

El Shaddai at a Glance

Hebrew	אֵל (el) שַׁדַּי (shaday)
Strong’s Number	H410, H7706
Strong’s Definition	el: strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity) shaday: the Almighty
Meaning	God Almighty. The name God gives Abram when he renews the covenant in Genesis 17:1, and the name Exodus 6:3 says the patriarchs knew.
King James Version	God Almighty, and the Almighty when Shaddai stands alone
Verses in the Hebrew Text	el (H410): 235 shaday (H7706): 48
First Occurrence	el: Genesis 14:18 shaday: Genesis 17:1

Key Verses for El Shaddai (9 verses)

Reference	King James Version
Genesis 17:1	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.
Genesis 28:3	And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
Genesis 35:11	And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
Exodus 6:3	And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Ruth 1:20	And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Psalm 91:1	He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Ezekiel 10:5	And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
2 Corinthians 6:18	And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Revelation 1:8	I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

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El Elyon

El Elyon at a Glance

Hebrew	אֵל (el) עֶלְיוֹן (elyon)
Strong’s Number	H410, H5945
Strong’s Definition	el: strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity) elyon: an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
Meaning	God Most High. Melchizedek is “the priest of the most high God” in Genesis 14:18.
King James Version	the most high God, and the most High when Elyon stands alone
Verses in the Hebrew Text	el (H410): 235 elyon (H5945): 53
First Occurrence	el: Genesis 14:18 elyon: Genesis 14:18

Key Verses for El Elyon (12 verses)

Reference	King James Version
Genesis 14:18	And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
Genesis 14:19	And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
Genesis 14:20	And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
Genesis 14:22	And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
Deuteronomy 32:8	When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Psalm 7:17	I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
Psalm 78:35	And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Psalm 91:1	He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Daniel 4:17	This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Luke 1:32	He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Luke 1:35	And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Hebrews 7:1	For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

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El Olam

El Olam at a Glance

Hebrew	אֵל (el) עוֹלָם (olam)
Strong’s Number	H410, H5769
Strong’s Definition	el: strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity) olam: properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Meaning	The everlasting God, the name Abraham calls on at Beersheba.
King James Version	the everlasting God
Verses in the Hebrew Text	el (H410): 235 olam (H5769): 413
First Occurrence	el: Genesis 14:18 olam: Genesis 3:22

Key Verses for El Olam (3 verses)

Reference	King James Version
Genesis 21:33	And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
Psalm 90:2	Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Isaiah 40:28	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

El Roi at a Glance

Hebrew	אֵל (el) רֳאִי (roi)
Strong’s Number	H410, H7210
Strong’s Definition	el: strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity) roi: sight, whether abstractly (vision) or concretely (a spectacle)
Meaning	The God who sees, the name Hagar gives the LORD who spoke to her in the wilderness.
King James Version	Thou God seest me
Verses in the Hebrew Text	el (H410): 235 roi (H7210): 5
First Occurrence	el: Genesis 14:18 roi: Genesis 16:13

Key Verses for El Roi (2 verses)

Reference	King James Version
Genesis 16:13	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?
Genesis 16:14	Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

Adonai

Adonai at a Glance

Hebrew	אֲדֹנָי (adonay)
Strong’s Number	H136
Strong’s Definition	adonay: the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Meaning	Lord. Strong’s defines it as “the Lord (used as a proper name of God only).”
King James Version	Lord, and GOD in small capitals in “Lord GOD”
Verses in the Hebrew Text	adonay (H136): 430
First Occurrence	adonay: Genesis 15:2

Key Verses for Adonai (7 verses)

Reference	King James Version
Genesis 15:2	And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
Exodus 4:10	And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
Psalm 2:4	He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
Psalm 110:5	The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Isaiah 6:1	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.
Isaiah 6:8	Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
Daniel 9:19	O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

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YHWH

YHWH at a Glance

Hebrew	יְהֹוָה (yehovah)
Strong’s Number	H3068
Strong’s Definition	yehovah: Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Meaning	The personal name of God, the four letters יהוה, connected in Exodus 3:14–15 with “I AM THAT I AM.”
King James Version	LORD in small capitals, and JEHOVAH in four verses
Verses in the Hebrew Text	yehovah (H3068): 5,520
First Occurrence	yehovah: Genesis 2:4

Key Verses for YHWH (11 verses)

Reference	King James Version
Genesis 2:4	These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
Exodus 3:14	And God 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 3:15	And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Exodus 6:3	And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Exodus 34:6	And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Deuteronomy 6:4	Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Psalm 83:18	That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
Isaiah 42:8	I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Isaiah 45:23	I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Philippians 2:10	That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Philippians 2:11	And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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Yah

Yah at a Glance

Hebrew	יָהּ (yah)
Strong’s Number	H3050
Strong’s Definition	yah: Jah, the sacred name
Meaning	The short form of the divine name, in poetry and in “praise ye the LORD,” hallelu-yah.
King James Version	JAH once, and LORD elsewhere; it is the “jah” of Hallelujah
Verses in the Hebrew Text	yah (H3050): 46
First Occurrence	yah: Exodus 15:2

Key Verses for Yah (6 verses)

Reference	King James Version
Exodus 15:2	The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Psalm 68:4	Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Psalm 150:6	Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
Isaiah 12:2	Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Isaiah 26:4	Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
Revelation 19:1	And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

Every Verse With Yah (46 verses)

Reference	King James Version
Exodus 15:2	The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Exodus 17:16	For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
Psalm 68:4	Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Psalm 68:18	Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Psalm 77:11	I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
Psalm 89:8	O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
Psalm 94:7	Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Psalm 94:12	Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Psalm 102:18	This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Psalm 104:35	Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalm 105:45	That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalm 106:1	Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalm 106:48	Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalm 111:1	Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
Psalm 112:1	Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Psalm 113:1	Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
Psalm 113:9	He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalm 115:17	The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Psalm 115:18	But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 116:19	In the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalm 117:2	For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalm 118:5	I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
Psalm 118:14	The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
Psalm 118:17	I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
Psalm 118:18	The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
Psalm 118:19	Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
Psalm 122:4	Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
Psalm 130:3	If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
Psalm 135:1	Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD.
Psalm 135:3	Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.
Psalm 135:4	For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
Psalm 135:21	Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalm 146:1	Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
Psalm 146:10	The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalm 147:1	Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
Psalm 147:20	He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalm 148:1	Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
Psalm 148:14	He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalm 149:1	Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
Psalm 149:9	To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalm 150:1	Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Psalm 150:6	Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
Song of Solomon 8:6	Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Isaiah 12:2	Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Isaiah 26:4	Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
Isaiah 38:11	I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

The LORD of Hosts

YHWH Sabaoth at a Glance

Hebrew	יְהֹוָה (yehovah) צָבָא (tsava)
Strong’s Number	H3068, H6635
Strong’s Definition	yehovah: Jehovah, Jewish national name of God tsava: a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
Meaning	The LORD of hosts, the LORD of the armies of heaven and of Israel.
King James Version	the LORD of hosts
Verses in the Hebrew Text	yehovah (H3068): 5,520 tsava (H6635): 463
First Occurrence	yehovah: Genesis 2:4 tsava: Genesis 2:1

Key Verses for the LORD of Hosts (10 verses)

Reference	King James Version
1 Samuel 1:3	And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
1 Samuel 17:45	Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Psalm 24:10	Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
Psalm 46:7	The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Isaiah 6:3	And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Isaiah 6:5	Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
Isaiah 44:6	Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Malachi 3:1	Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
Romans 9:29	And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
James 5:4	Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

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The Jehovah Compound Names

The Jehovah Compound Names (9 names)

Name	Hebrew	Meaning	King James Version	Verses
Jehovah-jireh	יְהֹוָה (yehovah) רָאָה (raah)	The LORD will see, or the LORD will provide.	“Jehovahjireh”	Genesis 22:14
Jehovah-rapha	יְהֹוָה (yehovah) רָפָא (rafa)	The LORD who heals.	“I am the LORD that healeth thee”	Exodus 15:26
Jehovah-nissi	יְהֹוָה נִסִּי (yehovahnisi)	The LORD is my banner.	“Jehovahnissi”	Exodus 17:15
Jehovah-mekoddishkem	יְהֹוָה (yehovah) קָדַשׁ (qadash)	The LORD who sanctifies you.	“I am the LORD that doth sanctify you”	Exodus 31:13, Leviticus 20:8
Jehovah-shalom	יְהֹוָה (yehovah) שָׁלוֹם (shalom)	The LORD is peace.	“Jehovahshalom”	Judges 6:24
Jehovah-raah	יְהֹוָה (yehovah) רָעָה (raah)	The LORD is my shepherd.	“The LORD is my shepherd”	Psalm 23:1
Jehovah-tsidkenu	יְהֹוָה (yehovah) צֶדֶק (tsedeq)	The LORD our righteousness.	“THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS”	Jeremiah 23:6, Jeremiah 33:16
Jehovah-shammah	יְהֹוָה (yehovah) שָׁם (sham)	The LORD is there.	“The LORD is there”	Ezekiel 48:35
Jehovah-sabaoth	יְהֹוָה (yehovah) צָבָא (tsava)	The LORD of hosts.	“the LORD of hosts”	1 Samuel 1:3, Isaiah 6:3

Frequently Asked Questions

What Is the Most Common Name of God in the Bible?

YHWH, printed LORD in the King James Version. The Hebrew text tags it in about 5,500 verses.

Do the Names Mean There Is More Than One God?

No. Deuteronomy 6:4Deuteronomy 6:4 · King James VersionHear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:Deuteronomy 6:4 · King James VersionOpen source joins two of them: “The LORD our God is one LORD.” The verses that say God is one are on What Are the Attributes of God?

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