Over the past few weeks I’ve been sharing Names of God as found in the Bible. In case you’d like to have a copy of the list and main Scripture  references, they are below. Feel free to copy and paste into your print program and make copies for yourself and for others.

The List

Each Name tells us something important about Him—His character, how He relates to us, and how we must relate to Him.

Adonai - Lord God

Psalm 86:5

Advocate

1 John 2:1 

Alpha and Omega - First and Last

 Rev. 22:13

Author and Finisher of our Faith

Heb. 12:2

Authority

Matt. 28:18

Faith

Heb. 12:2

Elohim - Father God/Creator

Gen. 1:1

El Roi - God Sees Me

Gen. 16:13

El Elyon - God Most High

Gen. 14:20

El Shaddai - God Almighty

Rev. 1:8

Bread of Life

John 6:35

Beloved Son of God

Matt. 3:17

Bridegroom

Matt. 9:15

Creator

Gen. 1:1; Col. 1:16

Christ

Matt. 16:16

Chief Cornerstone

 Psalm 118:22

Dayspring

Luke 1:78-78

Deliverer

1 Thes. 1:10

Everlasting Father

Isa. 9:6

Faithful and True

Rev. 19:11

Fountain of Living Waters 

Jer. 17:13

Gate

John 10:9

Good Shepherd

John 10:11

Great High Priest

Heb. 4:14 

Head of the Church

Eph. 1:22

Holy One

Isa. 60:14

Holy Servant

Acts 4:29-30

I Am

John 8:58

Immanuel

Isa. 7:14

Indescribable Gift

2 Cor. 9:15

Jesus

Phil. 2:9-11

Jehovah Jireh

Provider - Gen. 2:14

Jehovah Rapha – Heals

 Exo. 15:26

Jehovah Nissi - My Banner

Exo. 17:15

Jehovah Shalom – Peace

Judges 6:24

Judge

Acts 10:42

King of Israel

John 1:49 

King of Kings

Rev. 17:14

Lamb of God

John 1:29

Light of the World

John 8:12

Lion of Judah

Rev. 5:5

Lord of all

Acts 10:36

Lord of lords

Rev. 17:14

Mediator

1 Tim. 2:5

Messiah

John 1:41

Mighty God

Isa. 9:6

Mighty One

Isa. 60:16

Only Begotten Son

John 3:16 

Our Hope

1 Tim. 1:1

Peace

Eph. 2:14

Priest

Heb. 4:14

Prince of Peace

Isa. 9:6

Prophet

Mark 6:4

Redeemer

Job 19:25

Resurrection/Life

John 11:25

Rock

1 Cor. 10:4

Sacrifice

1 John 4:10

Shepherd and Bishop of Souls

1 Peter 2:25

Shiloh

Gen. 49:10

Son of the Highest

Luke 1:32

Son of God

Matt. 3:17

Son of Man

Mark 8:38

Teacher

John 3:2

The Bright and Morning Star

Rev. 22:16

The Door

John 10:9

The Image of the Invisible God

Col. 1:14-15)

The Truth

John 14:6

The True Vine

John 15:1

The Life

John 14:6

The Way

John 14:6

The Word

John 1:1; John 1:14

Victorious

Rev. 3:21

Wonderful Counselor

Isa. 9:6

YAHWEH - LORD God

Exodus 3:15

“Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Phil. 2:9-11 NIV)

Names of God 

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Jesus.

Jesus 

The name Jesus, announced to Joseph and Mary through the angels (Matt. 1:21; Luke 1:31), means “Yahweh saves” or “Yahweh is salvation.” Transliterated from Hebrew and Aramaic, the name is Yeshua. This word is a combination of Ya, an abbreviation for Yahweh, the name of Israel’s God (Exo. 3:14); and the verb yasha, meaning “rescue,” “deliver,” or “save.”

The English spelling of the Hebrew Yeshua is Joshua. But when translated from Hebrew into Koine Greek, the original language of the New Testament, the name Yeshua becomes Iēsous. In English, Iēsous becomes Jesus. Thus, Yeshua and, correspondingly, Joshua and Jesus mean “Yahweh saves” or “the Lord is salvation.” 

Jesus – the Name that is above every name

If ever a name was packed with significance, it is the name Jesus. Scripture says Jesus has been given “the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Phil. 2:9–11 NIV).

The name Jesus reminds us of the power, presence, and purpose of the risen Christ. It assures us that God’s gracious intention is to save us. Our Lord Jesus brought God to humanity and now brings humans to God through the salvation He purchased. In the Bible, when people spoke or acted in the name of Jesus, they did so as the Lord’s representatives with His authority.

Therefore

The very life of the believer is to be lived in the name of Jesus and by doing so bring glory to God.

“We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.” (2 Thess. 1:12)

“Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.” (John 1:49)

Names of God 

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is King of Israel.

Jesus – King of Israel

Jesus came as the promised Jewish Messiah, and as a true king to lead his people. This title of king holds significance to both Jews and Gentiles, and gives us insight into who Jesus is and why he came to earth to dwell among us. His reign as king was not temporary, but eternal, and his kingdom is not of this earth, but everlasting. 

Jesus is referred to as King in both the New Testament letters and in Old Testament prophecy. Zechariah 9:9 is a foretelling of what we refer to as Palm Sunday, where Jesus rides into Jerusalem in just this way, riding on a donkey, as crowds around him shout Hosanna! This symbolic entrance made it clear that he was taking on the role of Israel’s King, even when there were many who would not accept it. 

Therefore

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” (Zech. 9:9)

“For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.” (1 Peter 2:25).

Names of God 

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Shepherd and Bishop of Souls.

Jesus – Shepherd

The name “Shepherd” pictures the ceaseless vigilance and self-sacrificial love of God for those who become “the sheep of his pasture.” (Psalm 100:3)

Psalm 23, proclaims: “The Lord is my shepherd.”  Isaiah says, “He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young” (Isaiah 40:11).

Jesus took upon himself the Shepherd title when he said, “I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” (John 10:11).

Jesus – Bishop

Scottish Bible commentator, William Barclay, notes that “Bishop” is a word with a great history. In Homer’s Illiad, Hector, the champion of the city of Troy, was a “Bishop” or guardian of that great city. In Plato’s laws the “Bishop” was the guardian of the state, who “supervised personal conduct, keeping an eye on temperate and outrageous behavior, so as to punish him who needs punishment.” In Athenian law, the “Bishop” was a governor, administrator, or inspector that was sent to see that the subject states observed law and order and were loyal. [1] In other words, Christ is the overseer of public morals – the administrator of public law and order.

Jesus is the “Shepherd and Bishop of our souls.” He provides both internal and external liberty. He rescues the lost and provides personal salvation. By his presence in the human heart He frees us from the bondage of sin.

Therefore

“Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. (Acts 20:28)

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)

Names of God 

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Only Begotten Son.

Only Begotten Son

The Greek term translated “only begotten” is monogenes, a word used nine times in the New Testament that can mean one of a kind or unique. For example, Luke uses the term three times to refer to an only child (Luke 7:12; 8:42; 9:38). The writer of Hebrews uses the term to refer to Isaac, the only son of Abraham and Sarah, the son of the promise (Hebrews 11:17). Modern translations generally translate monogenes in John 3:16 as “one and only Son” or “only Son” to reflect this definition.

Unique relationship with each other 

The Bible often uses Father and Son with God and Jesus to explain their relationship in terms we can better understand as humans, but this does not mean Jesus was created by God the Father as some cults teach. The emphasis of “only begotten son” is on Jesus as one in unique relationship with the Father. Other passages in the Bible make this very clear. For example, John 1:1-3 states, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.” Col. 1:15-17 also emphasizes Jesus creating all things. 

Therefore

Jesus is both eternal and is the one and only Son of God sent to offer salvation to the world.

“In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.” (1 John 4:9 ESV)

“The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.” (John 3:2)

Names of God 

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Teacher.

Jesus is teacher 

Sixty times Jesus was called Teacher in the gospels. This was the word the multitudes used. This was how the disciples referred to him. Jesus himself used the term when he said, “You call me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, for that is what I am” (John 13:13). When Nicodemus came to Jesus by night, he said, “We know that you are a teacher who has come from God.” (John 3:2)

Jesus taught with authority

Matthew said the crowds were amazed at his teaching because “he taught as one having authority, not as the teachers of the law” (Matt. 7:29). The rabbis only quoted each other, but Jesus spoke the true and authoritative words of God.

Therefore

His deep understanding and love of truth moved Jesus to fill the needs of others so that they too could hear His message, and He was resolved to teach it as effectively as possible.

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and l we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” ( John 1:14 ESV)

“For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment what to say and what to speak. And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say,  therefore, I say as the Father Has told me.” (John 12:49-50 ESV)

“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” (1 John 2:1)

Names of God 

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Advocate.

Advocate

The Greek word parakleton, means “helper, adviser, or counselor.”

An advocate is a person who comes to your aid or pleads your case to a judge. Advocates offer support, strength, and counsel and intercede for you when necessary.

Jesus calls the Holy Spirit our Advocate

“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever.” (John 14:16 NIV)

“But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” (John 14:26 NIV)

“When the Advocate comes, whom I Will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.” (John 15:26 NIV)

“But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that Iam going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to  you; but if I go, I will send him to you.” (John 16:7 NIV)

Jesus is an Advocate for those who’ve put their trust in Him

Jesus stands as the Advocate between our repentant hearts and the law. If His blood has been applied to our lives through faith and confession of Him as Lord

“because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” (Rom. 19:9-10 NIV)

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Cor. 5:21 NIV)

Therefore

“My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” (1 John 2:1)

“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Heb. 12:2)

Names of God 

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Author and Finisher of our Faith.

Jesus is the author and and finisher of our faith

“and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.” (Acts 3:15)

Author —An author is an originator or creator, as of a theory or plan. The Greek word translated “author” in Hebrews 12:2 can also mean “captain,” “chief leader” or “prince.”

Perfector—The Greek word translated “perfecter” in in Hebrews 12:2 means literally “completer” or “finisher” and speaks of bringing something to its conclusion.

Therefore

Jesus, as God, both creates and sustains our faith. He is the originator of our faith in that He begins it, as well as the captain and prince or our faith. Jesus controls our faith, steers it as a captain steers a ship, and presides over it and cares for it as a monarch presides over and cares for his people. 

“O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.” (Jer. 17:13)

Names of God 

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Fountain of Living Waters.

The Fountain of Living Water is Jesus

“And in that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter. And the Lord will be king over all the earth; in that day the Lord will be the only one, and His name the only one.” (Zech. 14-8-9)

“Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.” (John 7:37-39)

“Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” (Rev. 21:6-8)

Therefore

“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” (John 7:38)

“but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.” (John 4:14)