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e. Names of God in Islam ( Arabic: أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ʾasmāʾu llāhi l-ḥusnā, " Allah's Beautiful Names ") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. These names usually denote His praise, gratitude, commendation, glorification, magnification, perfect attributes, majestic qualities, and acts ...
Apr 4, 2024 · Allah: The Supreme Being in Islam. In Islam, the name “Allah” (الله) is the Arabic word for the one and only God, the Supreme Being and the Creator of all existence. This name is derived from the Arabic root word “ilah,” meaning “deity” or “god. “. However, in Islamic theology, Allah is not merely a deity among many, but the ...
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- EL. Translated God. (mighty, strong, prominent) used 250 times in the Old Testament; Genesis 7.1 The Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.
- ELOHIM. Translated God (a plural noun, more than two, used with singular verbs, the dual form Eloah is used in Job); Elohim occurs 2,570 times in the OT, 32 times in Gen.
- EL SHADDAI. Translated God Almighty or “God All Sufficient.” 48 times in the OT, 31 times in Job. The Septuagint uses Greek “ikanos” meaning “all-sufficient” or “self-sufficient.”
- ADONAI. Translated Lord in our English Bibles (Capitol 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.
Theophory is the practice of embedding the name of a god or a deity in, usually, a proper name. [note 1] Much Hebrew theophory occurs in the Bible, particularly in the Old Testament. The most prominent theophory involves names referring to: El, a word meaning might, power and (a) god in general, and hence in Judaism, God and among the ...
Apr 3, 2024 · The Bible contains various names for God, each of which represents a unique way through which God reveals Himself to humanity. The most used names for God throughout Scripture are: Elohim, Adonai, El Roi, El Shaddai, Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Rapha, Jehovah Shalom, Yahweh, YHWH, and LORD. These names are not just mere titles or labels, but they ...
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4. Names for God in the NT. The employment of names for the Deity in the NT tends to simplify the nomenclature of the OT. The most common name is, of course, Θεός, which occurs more than one thousand times. It connotes, in one name-form, the names El and Elohim and their compounds and is expressive of essential deity.
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